A recent blog post by wine critic, Steve Heimoff, leads me to this thought:
if you are lucky enough to live in or near wine country, get to know the wines and the people behind those wines. Letting a a numerical score (which implies an objectivity that doesn't exit) substitute for relationships seems like a recipe for a stunted, reductive experience.
Remember wine is all about relationships, the relationship of the grower with the vines, the winemaker with fruit, the Tasting Room team with its customers, and the customer to the experience. No purported exactitude can ever take the place of a smile at the cellar door.
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I know Steve really well, and know that he's truthful about the wines he tastes - brown bagged. Even when he sits with a vintner, he doesn't let the relationship get in the way of the score. I heard him tell someone recently - straight up - that he thought the wine wasn't "good." His candor shocked me, but it was what it was, in his estimation.
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