Wine Spectator goes vlogging
We can’t decide whether this is the Spectator’s answer to WLTV, or just glorified Food Network style programming on a smaller scale. No, scratch that. We can decide. It’s the latter all the way. But that doesn’t mean it’s not interesting or informative.
It’s just not quite as cutting edge as it could be. And by “not cutting edge”, we mean it’s highly produced, professionally edited, and slick rather than home-made-YouTube-y-amateurish and underground seeming stuff.
Nevertheless, worth a look:
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2008 “Bebame” Red, El Dorado County, California
Cabernet Franc (65%) and Gamay (35%) from - gasp - California! And only 13% ABV, pretty modest by California standards. If I tasted this blind I would probably have said it’s from the Loire Valley. It has pretty much nothing in common with the full bodied iterations of Cab Franc coming out of Napa. Juicy, light, delicious quaffing wine.$18 a bottle
2006 Telegramme Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Really balanced and smooth, this is a bargain of a Chateauneuf. Yeah, the 07s are lauded but what would I prefer to drink? This! It’s the second label of Vieux Telegraphe, from the same property but from younger vines. And it’s a deal at $33 a bottle.2006 or bust!
NV Barcino Cava: LA Times Wine of the Week!
Delicious and just in time for New Year’s Eve…this is the LA Times Wine of the Week, and we have plenty in stock. Order online, pick-up in-store!$14 a bottle!
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3/8/10: First domaineLA Wine Tasting at Susan Feniger’s Street: 5 Wines, $15:
Just a quick note to let you know that a week from today, on Monday, March 8th, 2010, I’ll be hosting the first domaineLA wine tasting event at Susan Feniger’s Street, with the Manincor winery of Italy. The importer and winemaker will both be present to chat about the five wines being poured (including an unusual and delicious dry moscato), and the wines will be paired with light bites.
The best news is that the event will cost just $15 a person…a bargain! Swing by between 6PM and 8PM — I hope to see lots of you there!
Susan Feniger’s Street, 742 N. Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
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Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.
Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.
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August 24th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
I like the production value but this just shows that WS knows their market and is sticking with it. Even though the audience that site like yours and other “everyman/woman” sites would prefer Youtube-ish production value.
They make a living on ads from Riedel, BMW, Mercedes, etc etc etc, i.e. luxury brand. If they made a GV style video they would break their brand, turn off their Demographic, and eventually lose sponsors…
Which do I prefer? Can’t say I sit around watching people drink wine so if I were going to watch one I would want it to be “edgy” and less boring.
Glad GV doesn’t have to cater to advertisers, hence giving him the ability to be himself…
BTW: Did you notice that the image at the beginning and end are the same Wine stain graphics from Wine Blogging Wednesday logo (and on that I used on my blog years ago as well - (from 2005)?
August 24th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Personally I felt sort of like I was in a car showroom with two salesmen working on me. I’m more a fan of the GV style. While I know the folks in both places get paid to push products, I find Gary to be a more believable and comfortable person. The WS video seems too.. uh, boring.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:53 am
[…] outside our world, but not inside. Somehow, we’ve deemed it okay to slam or praise Parker or Wine Spectator, but rarely will we do it among wine blogs. We overlook poor translations, grammar, style and […]
March 10th, 2010 at 3:34 am
Hi there, I found your site in a new directory. I dont know how your blogs came up, must have been a typo, Your sitelooks good. Have a nice day