http://www.centralcoastwinereport.com/winesooth/2010/05/19/deep-roots/ searching for truth in wine Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.centralcoastwinereport.com/winesooth/2010/05/19/deep-roots/#comment-3398 Todd Trzaskos - Vermont Wine Media Fri, 21 May 2010 21:33:47 +0000 http://www.redwinebuzz.com/winesooth/?p=5082#comment-3398 It's true...the call of the known varietals is strong in this country. Was at a dinner with Randall Grahm early this spring, and we were talking about viticulture in the northeast...and even though he is a champion of the lesser known, he was still bent on figuring out if we could make pinot noir here. Even so, he gave me some good ideas about bootstrapping a new vineyard, and I appreciated the feedback. The public is generally so under educated about wine, and convinced that they have to be well educated to enjoy it, which in many cases is a disinsentive to trying at all...so a few varietals become the only common denominator. Between the local food movement, and a younger demographic that is just getting into wine and not burdened by preconcieved notions, I have to think that the roads less traveled should be seeing at least a little more traffic. Cheers. It’s true…the call of the known varietals is strong in this country. Was at a dinner with Randall Grahm early this spring, and we were talking about viticulture in the northeast…and even though he is a champion of the lesser known, he was still bent on figuring out if we could make pinot noir here. Even so, he gave me some good ideas about bootstrapping a new vineyard, and I appreciated the feedback.
The public is generally so under educated about wine, and convinced that they have to be well educated to enjoy it, which in many cases is a disinsentive to trying at all…so a few varietals become the only common denominator. Between the local food movement, and a younger demographic that is just getting into wine and not burdened by preconcieved notions, I have to think that the roads less traveled should be seeing at least a little more traffic. Cheers.

]]> http://www.centralcoastwinereport.com/winesooth/2010/05/19/deep-roots/#comment-3397 David Brown Fri, 21 May 2010 20:08:05 +0000 http://www.redwinebuzz.com/winesooth/?p=5082#comment-3397 Thanks Sooth, for the recent help with the editing for Palate Press. This is good stuff. If the micro-brew mentality that has taken hold in the beer industry transfers over to wine then we should expect consumers to branch out in search of that unique glass of wine. But possibly the higher price of a bottle of wine over a mug of bear will limit this. Thanks for the roots for thought. Thanks Sooth, for the recent help with the editing for Palate Press. This is good stuff. If the micro-brew mentality that has taken hold in the beer industry transfers over to wine then we should expect consumers to branch out in search of that unique glass of wine. But possibly the higher price of a bottle of wine over a mug of bear will limit this. Thanks for the roots for thought.

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