Archive for May, 2008

What’s Behind the California Wine Bashing?

 
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 1:20:53 PM
by Jim Gordon

When was the last time you read an article saying, “I hate French wine. It sucks. I never drink it anymore and I pour it down the drain.”

Talk about rash generalizations. Talk about Francophobia. Talk about intolerance.

But that’s basically what wine writer Alice Feiring said in an op-ed piece in the LA Times. Only she didn’t say it about France, she said it about California.

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  • Steve: Did the LA Times allow a knowledgeable person to reply to Feiring's op-ed piece? I once wrote an op-ed piece...
  • ABCa: everybody writing op/ed needs a perspective and a 'tone' or a 'schtick' - nothing wrong with that feiring has...
  • Erika: I'm with Taster A. Remember when she made the blanket statement that all Long Island wines suck? Not nearly as...
  • Taster A: Okay, I cannot sit on the sidelines any more. Remember the “Un-cola”? Remember “We try harder”?...
  • Lenny Pepperidge: The above writer is correct about one thing. The California wine industry has no soul or historical...