tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post666477085537572818..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Grower Champagne is highly overratedW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-10260387172848839352016-05-15T17:15:16.882-07:002016-05-15T17:15:16.882-07:00Decline and Fall: "No good music" is a s...Decline and Fall: "No good music" is a statement quite a bit broader than anything I made in this post. And it's not like I didn't have comparison groups of poorly distributed wines to taste blind. I've judged at this competition 8 times so I've had a LOT of comparison groups of poorly distributed wines, almost all of which were better AND didn't cost $25 a bottle. W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-64791678598587296792016-05-15T12:42:38.882-07:002016-05-15T12:42:38.882-07:00Calling an entire category of wine "overrated...Calling an entire category of wine "overrated" because you tasted a bunch of poorly-distributed wines that , quelle surprise, weren't that good is like saying there's no good music these days because you attended a Battle of the Bands. Maybe you should go to Coachella or SXSW before making such a broad judgment. Decline and Fallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602143830420167402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-29249936337556216782016-05-13T16:44:55.984-07:002016-05-13T16:44:55.984-07:00Joel,
I think you're woefully misinformed when...Joel,<br />I think you're woefully misinformed when you say that the 2 competitions you name have a "high competency of judges".<br /><br />The IWC for certain relies upon legions of wine shop owners, enthusiasts, and anyone who's got the time on their hands to judge, in no small part because of the thousands of wines submitted.<br /><br />It long ago lost any sense of being &DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174146778327382419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-47437806712626598072016-05-13T11:29:15.436-07:002016-05-13T11:29:15.436-07:00Blake
COrrecting one of your initial comments, Bru...Blake<br />COrrecting one of your initial comments, Bruxelles is NOT the largest wine competition in the world by a long-shot. That moniker belongs to either the INt'l Wine Challenge or Decanter World Wine Awards competitions, both of which these days regularly get over 13,000 entries.<br /><br />As for grower champagnes, competitions generally don't get top wines submitted as you know, Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043843911002207684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-82063497631466878602016-05-13T06:46:18.205-07:002016-05-13T06:46:18.205-07:00This article is rather embarrassing. There is tons...This article is rather embarrassing. There is tons of great grower champagne, like nearly every category of wine. There is lots of dreck (overpriced, undistinguished, well intentioned, half-assed, whatever), like nearly every category of wine.<br /><br />Coming to such a unjustifiably strong conclusion after such a small sample size, especially when that contrasts with your earlier expose, is The Etruscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10221403661941748646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-46977261593687187432016-05-13T06:25:34.473-07:002016-05-13T06:25:34.473-07:00P.S. I understand that it is an over-exposed categ...P.S. I understand that it is an over-exposed category, and the point you are making, but I don't think that people blindly worship Grower Fizz than any other hip category.jason Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969003042754620045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-7814045003411601762016-05-13T06:19:21.991-07:002016-05-13T06:19:21.991-07:00"Grower Champagne might be, as a category, th..."Grower Champagne might be, as a category, the most overrated wine in the world today." I thought that's "natural wine."<br /> I liked Jason's comments, although I think he went a little too far with this: " Just drive around the south of France or the Loire valley and taste all sorts of small producer's wines. Most of them are crummy." I think "Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-85518935401594823282016-05-13T06:05:23.208-07:002016-05-13T06:05:23.208-07:00I'm not sure this has any real traction to me ...I'm not sure this has any real traction to me out in the larger context of wine because you can take any "specialty" or "artisinal" category and find that if its is not well curated, 80% of it is crap. Just drive around the south of France or the Loire valley and taste all sorts of small producer's wines. Most of them are crummy. Go to Paris and go to a random cafe andjason Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969003042754620045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-90597735964568099872016-05-12T08:56:10.284-07:002016-05-12T08:56:10.284-07:00Not nice to tease a Rioja lover like this! I'm...Not nice to tease a Rioja lover like this! I'm sure I'll see those notes in the near future. Thanks, I enjoy your information and viewpoints.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734965614362137110noreply@blogger.com