tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post127360065782003512..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Wine divide: ordinary people and enophiles are experiencing different productsW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-5184936220525645002017-10-04T00:55:58.313-07:002017-10-04T00:55:58.313-07:00For those who have short memories about "outs...For those who have short memories about "outstanding service journalism," I jog your memory with this blog:<br /><br />"Grocery store Chardonnay reviewed in the year's best wine blog post"<br /><br />Link: http://blog.wblakegray.com/2016/03/grocery-store-chardonnay-reviewed-in.html<br /><br />And the top "good value" < $10 priced tout?<br /><br />Ravenswood Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-47955404109838030532017-10-03T11:24:05.406-07:002017-10-03T11:24:05.406-07:00I posted a comment last week on a recent Yellow Ta...I posted a comment last week on a recent Yellow Tail experience...shockingly not horrible (the Shiraz and Chardonnay-- different vintage than tasted in the WP review and definitely not as described; neither were great but they certainly were not bad). Its funny, at least at Raleys in Sacramento; if "supermarket" wine drinkers were willing to spends a few more $$ per bottle, they could Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573267840182461358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-85212699948106901532017-10-03T08:07:41.784-07:002017-10-03T08:07:41.784-07:00I'm pretty sure Jeff Siegel (www.winecurmudgeo...I'm pretty sure Jeff Siegel (www.winecurmudgeon.com) has written about most of those wines....kschlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810309689429676303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-87412376973196575202017-10-02T15:09:54.854-07:002017-10-02T15:09:54.854-07:00As on oenophile, I chuckle when someone says they ...As on oenophile, I chuckle when someone says they have to stop at the grocery store to pick up a bottle of wine for dinner. But then research showed that 96% of wine purchases were consumed within 48 hours or purchase. I am not a collector or a hoarder. But having defined and refined our palates over the past couple of decades, we know what we like and just like to have a nice 'wine list&#Jet Fuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646983421601626081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-89561991927258588582017-10-02T13:25:37.158-07:002017-10-02T13:25:37.158-07:00Oh so true. Thanks for this post. Oh so true. Thanks for this post. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009513265534245305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-42681240040032941922017-10-02T11:34:26.728-07:002017-10-02T11:34:26.728-07:00Tre' perceptive, Gray. 10% of wine drinkers pr...Tre' perceptive, Gray. 10% of wine drinkers provide 95% of commentary and market for wine introspection. But 90% of sales are, as you share, plonk. Same is true in the UK (perhaps even worse). This isn't a problem looking for an answer, it is market reality...and the big shops knew this years ago. Humbling it is...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822512486353507664noreply@blogger.com