Comments on: The care and feeding of wine writers (Well, this one, anyway) http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/06/19/the-care-and-feeding-of-wine-writers-well-this-one-anyway/ A blog about the world of wine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:04:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: winesooth.com » Blog Archive » How hot is your wine? http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/06/19/the-care-and-feeding-of-wine-writers-well-this-one-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-16125 winesooth.com » Blog Archive » How hot is your wine? Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=3132#comment-16125 [...] fact, affect wines, it stands to reason that we consider if this contributes, in any way, to “tasting room bias“. If it does, there are real implications and consequences for consumers and producers who [...] [...] fact, affect wines, it stands to reason that we consider if this contributes, in any way, to “tasting room bias“. If it does, there are real implications and consequences for consumers and producers who [...]

]]> By: Charlie Olken http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/06/19/the-care-and-feeding-of-wine-writers-well-this-one-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-9114 Charlie Olken Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:15:36 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=3132#comment-9114 Mike Dunne makes a useful comment, but it applies to his medium, not Steve's and mine. When I was writing newspaper columns, for pennies and thus a hobby and not a way to pay many bills despite being in large newspapers, I had an outlet for wines tasted on a more casual basis. I am developing that again by extending the commentary on the free portion of my rag's website. For example, I am becoming a fan of Rose' from the Navarre region of Spain. Old vine Grenache there is producing some of the most delightful summer drinking wines in my experience, and reminding me again how much I wish CA would find a way to grow Grenache successfully as a lighter wine. I have just come across a 2008 from Dashe Cellars, and there is no way to get into print in my newsletter with notes from a comparative blind tasting given that I have just written my Rhone issue (July 2009). But, I will taste that wine with an eye towards commenting on it in a more casual way. It is fine for blogs and newspaper columns to be more casual, but I do not see how the normal review articles in WE or CGCW can taste wines at wineries and even at home a second time with dinner and the label showing and write definitive notes about the wine. That is for more casual writing--not unserious writing--but not within the context of other wines tasting blind in peer-to-peer tastings. Mike Dunne makes a useful comment, but it applies to his medium, not Steve’s and mine.

When I was writing newspaper columns, for pennies and thus a hobby and not a way to pay many bills despite being in large newspapers, I had an outlet for wines tasted on a more casual basis. I am developing that again by extending the commentary on the free portion of my rag’s website.

For example, I am becoming a fan of Rose’ from the Navarre region of Spain. Old vine Grenache there is producing some of the most delightful summer drinking wines in my experience, and reminding me again how much I wish CA would find a way to grow Grenache successfully as a lighter wine.

I have just come across a 2008 from Dashe Cellars, and there is no way to get into print in my newsletter with notes from a comparative blind tasting given that I have just written my Rhone issue (July 2009). But, I will taste that wine with an eye towards commenting on it in a more casual way.

It is fine for blogs and newspaper columns to be more casual, but I do not see how the normal review articles in WE or CGCW can taste wines at wineries and even at home a second time with dinner and the label showing and write definitive notes about the wine. That is for more casual writing–not unserious writing–but not within the context of other wines tasting blind in peer-to-peer tastings.

]]> By: steve http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/06/19/the-care-and-feeding-of-wine-writers-well-this-one-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-9108 steve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:27:34 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=3132#comment-9108 Mike: I sometimes do that, too. But I taste so many wines that it's impossible to do it with all, or even most, of them. Mike: I sometimes do that, too. But I taste so many wines that it’s impossible to do it with all, or even most, of them.

]]> By: Mike Dunne http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/06/19/the-care-and-feeding-of-wine-writers-well-this-one-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-9106 Mike Dunne Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:56:55 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=3132#comment-9106 Steve, as a fellow wine writer here's how I deal with "tasting room bias:" When I find a wine that I sense has a story to tell - quality, value, personality, trend, news and so forth - I buy it to taste again at home, sometimes blind, sometimes open, often with a dish with which I sense it will be compatible. Steve, as a fellow wine writer here’s how I deal with “tasting room bias:” When I find a wine that I sense has a story to tell – quality, value, personality, trend, news and so forth – I buy it to taste again at home, sometimes blind, sometimes open, often with a dish with which I sense it will be compatible.

]]> By: steve http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/06/19/the-care-and-feeding-of-wine-writers-well-this-one-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-9050 steve Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:29:09 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=3132#comment-9050 Charlie, I've spent many hours at Fenway and saw some fabulous games there, including the famous 1978 sudden death playoff game between the Yankees and the Sox. That was the greatest baseball game I ever saw. I remember the feeling as soon as Yaz popped out. Disbelief, shock, horror. It was as if the city died. Charlie, I’ve spent many hours at Fenway and saw some fabulous games there, including the famous 1978 sudden death playoff game between the Yankees and the Sox. That was the greatest baseball game I ever saw. I remember the feeling as soon as Yaz popped out. Disbelief, shock, horror. It was as if the city died.

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