Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Hoke wrote:This article is so internally conflicted it is actually interesting. And it comes down to poor choice of words.
The author, for some reason, goes astray almost immediately by applying definitions that contradict each other. International Wines versus New International Wines. How can "New International Wines" be international wines when the emphasize is primarily on expressing terroir/vintage/variety, as opposed to the "International Wines" category which does exactly the opposite?
Foradori's wines are not "International Wines", and it is ridiculous to say so. Elisabetti is quite intent on showcasing the terroir of certain grapes in certain soil made in certain ways, all to express the singularity of grape/place/process. You literally cannot reproduce Foradori wines anywhere else by anyone else. How is that "international"? It is the exact opposite of international. So why call it the "new international"???
Add in that the author's idea (and examples cited) are not in any way "new"; they are traditional, ancient, and currently revived---but they're not new.
Brian K Miller
Passionate Arboisphile
9340
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:05 am
Northern California
Patchen Markell
Wine guru
1127
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Brian K Miller wrote:methinks tom is TROLLING us.
Patchen Markell wrote:Slow news day? Here's how to make a story out of nothing! First, invent a term, like “new international style," and give it a counterintuitive definition. Second, pretend that the term is actually used by other people to refer to a thing in the world. For example: "Recently however, there is a 'new international style' emerging"; "Randall Graham...has strong opinions about the 'new international style' wine." Gather a series of quotations from said people in which the term in question never actually appears. Place all quotations in large pot. Stir pot repeatedly until any residual bits of significance or perspective have dissolved. Serve tepid.
Patchen Markell
Wine guru
1127
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Brian K Miller
Passionate Arboisphile
9340
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:05 am
Northern California
Rahsaan wrote:Patchen Markell wrote:Slow news day? Here's how to make a story out of nothing! First, invent a term, like “new international style," and give it a counterintuitive definition. Second, pretend that the term is actually used by other people to refer to a thing in the world. For example: "Recently however, there is a 'new international style' emerging"; "Randall Graham...has strong opinions about the 'new international style' wine." Gather a series of quotations from said people in which the term in question never actually appears. Place all quotations in large pot. Stir pot repeatedly until any residual bits of significance or perspective have dissolved. Serve tepid.
Also sounds like a pretty good formula for academic publishing.
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