Fermentation Wishes for 2006
FERMENTATION WISHES FOR 2006
1. BALANCE
We wish that balanced wines will return to the market in force; wines that are not overripe, not over alcoholic not over extracted
2. A GATHERING OF WINE BLOGGERS
We wish for a gathering of wine bloggers where ideas and wines can be exchanged
3. A HUGE AUDIENCE FOR FELLOW BLOGGERS
We wish that our fellow bloggers who continue to work to define and refine this medium attract huge audiences to their sites
4. OLD WINE FOR EVERYONE
We wish that more drinkers would seek out and explore the glories of older wines
5. MORE FOCUS ON…
We wish that wine drinkers would focus their attention on Anderson Valley Wines, wines from Atlas Peak, Monterey wines, and rose.
6. AN EMERGENCE OF "OTHER STATES" WINERIES
We wish that consumers would focus more attention and interest on wines from Michigan, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other states whose wines are too often ignored, yet readily accessible via the Internet
7. A BOOK ABOUT AMERICA’S TOP VINEYARDS
We wish a book written by America’s top wine writers be published that takes a close and intimate look at America’s best single vineyards.
8. FAIRNESS IN WINE SALES
We wish for an end to legislative favoritism showed to wholesalers by a leveling of the playing field for wineries so they can sell their wines to whomever they want, retailers, restaurateurs, and consumers alike.
9. A GREAT YEAR FOR OUR WINEMAKING FRIENDS AND CLIENTS
We wish for a great and successful year for all of our winemaking friends and especially clients of Wark Communications
10. FAMILY
We wish for the continued health and happiness and the warm, comfortable embrace of my family.
Tom,
Have you seen this book from Paul Lukacs:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393051382/
I am about half way through it, and so far I am pretty impressed. Mr. Lukacs appears to have done his homework with the wineries he writes about. And provides an in-depth profile of each winery.
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Allan,
Indeed I have. I reviewed it, interviewed Paul and named it one of the five best wine books of 2005.
It’ pretty impressive.
Great wishes and resolutions for 2006, Tom. As far as experiencing older wines is concerned, my daughter and her boyfriend paid a visit on Christmas Eve and brought another friend, a young woman who brought us a bottle of wine slipped into a seasonal gift bag. I set it aside and took it out later, thinking that I would find a nice little Cotes-du-Rhone or somthing of that order. It was Diamond Mountain Gravelly Meadow 1995. Holy Moly, I flipped over that. Turns out the young woman’s boyfriend has a cellar and gives her free reign. We drank it last night with a rare strip steak — and it was fabulous, that wonderful combination of youthful vigor and the beginnings of mellow maturity. My wife said: “I hope all our wines in 2006 can be this good,” but I couldn’t promise that. But it certaionly was a good start to the year!
oops, i meant Diamond Creek, of course