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Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:32 pm
Dobbs Ferry, NY (NYC metro)
Robin Garr wrote:Walt, it may seem counter-intuitive, but seriously, wine judges - and any decent wine critic - can and does do exactly this. Judging wine on the basis of competent wine making and the avoidance of flaws is a completely different matter than judging wine on the basis of what you like. It's a fairly well-established craft, and competition scoring systems are designed to render a judgment - and a score - based on wine-making criteria, not hedonistic pleasure. That's the only way I can work the Kentucky State Fair, for instance, and fairly judge hybrids or labrusca.
Ian Sutton wrote:Interestingly this has got a bit of debate across the various wine forums...
Robin, you're such a troublemaker
Robin Garr wrote:Anyway, I didn't really write this for forum rangers (other than this Merrie Little Bande, perhaps), but I'm rarely loath to making a little trouble.
David M. Bueker wrote:I've seen a similar voice only a very few times in the Wine Advocate (Mount Mary & some 2003 Germans (Rovani reviews for the Germans) spring to mind), so it seems very much out of place.
John Tomasso wrote:The Rocks and Gravel is a wine I could drink every night...I also think this wine drinks well right out of the chute - contrary to what another poster opined, though it certainly improves with some bottle age.
David M. Bueker wrote:Oh my gosh...it's back from the dead!!
I'll have to open some ESJ for my tasting group because of this.
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