Comments on: Imagining a world without wine critics or scores

By: Bring the Funny – Louisville Juice

Bring the Funny – Louisville Juice — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:53:33 +0000

[...] Steve Heimoff reads and responds — you’re going to want to sit down for this — with satire. I know: I didn’t think wine writers were allowed to do that either. But, apparently, they are, because Heimoff is actually funny. I mean, for a wine writer. He works the pseudo-news story schtick: [...]

By: Wilfred Wong

Wilfred Wong — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:33:59 +0000

Let’s just give our wines to our pets to evaluate, if they like it, they sit up and ask for more. If the are ho-hum, they lie down on their stomachs. If they hate the stuff, you will need to get the miracle cleaner out. Wouldn’t this be much better than what we have now?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:31:17 +0000

The initial bouquet is of roses, but the mid palate of suicide is slightly off-putting. Nevertheless, the overall impression is of a clever bomb with some overly ripe sarcasm. But I’m unsure if this is high brow or low brow – as the reference to Wilfred Wong makes me think it’s an everyman example of blandness. However, the finish satisfies and leaves me with a slight feeling of contentment if not alcoholic haze… Please note, however, that this is a surprise taste – references alluding to wine critics potentially beoming politicians is doing a diservice to wine critics but may be somewhat appealing if you like politicians…

By: Michael McLean

Michael McLean — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:27:33 +0000

Thank you for keeping my secret fantasy alive!!!

By: steve

steve — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:16:15 +0000

Carlos, letters would just be a 13 point scoring system.