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Behold the Awesome Power of the World Wine Web
Those of you who surf the internet and have already explored every nook and cranny of the World Wide Web have become blase, I’m sure, about its possibilities.
Not me. I’m still in awe.
For example, Cynthia’s query on “Pairing Wines with Unusual Foods” elicited several excellent responses from “Uncorked” readers. But then I also posted the query on
the newsgroup “alt.food.net” that prompted “Alexander” to suggest a link to the wineloverspage.com web site that covered the sushi wine pairing and Asian food and wine pairings in astonishing — and I do mean astonishing — detail. It’s a fun read.
And the brief vintage 2005 reports we posted yesterday (10-23-05) pale in comparison to the Louis/Dressner Selections web site harvest report, which contains brief updates from from several regions in France as well as from Italy and Portugal. Good to see my favorite producer in Montlouis, Francoise Chidaine, is smiling again, as he was when I visited back in the summer of 2001. It was Francoise who remarked that he’d like to try his glorious 1990 late-harvest Chenin Blanc, Les Lys, when he’s 80 years old — and preferably with two 20-year-old women on his lap.
Ahhhh…. technology, wine, and passion, all rolled into one.
Awesome.
And by the way: What do YOU think about the idea of trying to webcast a wine tasting? Just curious …
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Comments
By over the top
October 26, 2005 3:06 PM | Link to this
web cast Jays on friday (early of course) arrow breakfast club DLM - GEORGE of course then Cuvees. (for Lunch) Is this live or memorex?? If live ? , who will watch , we will all be there!!!
By Niki
October 25, 2005 8:33 PM | Link to this
Robin Garr’s Wine Lovers Discussion Group (wineloverspage.com for the main site, and wldg.com for the actual discussion page) is a great resource. Many winemakers, importers, and other wine professionals post on the discussion group, and Robin maintains a “friendly” atmosphere, discouraging flame wars and encouraging civility. Some of the folks in our local tasting group actually met “on-line” through his site. Cheers, Niki
By Uncorked
October 25, 2005 4:01 PM | Link to this
Nah, too stuffy. What if we webcast one of the drop-in weekend tastings around town…?
By John C.
October 25, 2005 12:44 PM | Link to this
How about a webcast of a wine tasting? You could taste a few wines and offer your comments?