Seattlest: Wine's Better Than Beer

Ronald Holden

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:24:31 -0800

Hey, Deeplennon, I didn't say that, Maggie Dutton did. Pay attention.

deeplennon

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:01:35 -0800

Pilsner Urquell is a vibrant, layered interesting beverage? Huh? Maybe in a world where your only other options are Corona and Bud Light. It has some nice Saaz hop aroma, but little else beyond that. Me thinks you need to get out more Ronald.

K

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:55:47 -0800

I bet you loved Sideways.

Ronald Holden

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:57:13 -0800

Har har har, Maggie ! We're thrilled to hear from you! We've been trading emails this morning with a guy in St Louis whose agency represents Pilsner Urquell, a vibrant, layered interesting beverage if there ever was one! You're absolutely right ! Offensive wine ... hmm, we wonder where that notion came from. Might even make for a good blog title.

maggie dutton

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:47:32 -0800

Crap wines probably outnumber crap beers, as the crappiest beers are the most omnipresent. Wine's just scared. Because if beer was ever widely seen as a vibrant, layered, interesting beverage that pairs just as well if not better with food (cough, cough Belgium), wine's marketing strategy to Boomers would be screwed.

Ronald Holden

Thu, 31 May 2007 20:16:04 -0800

Suggestion notes. Grazie !

Jameson

Thu, 31 May 2007 17:29:11 -0800

There is Pinot Grigio that is actually not insipid. The Tramin Pinot Grigio is great; it is crisp, racy, minerally. You also should check out the Dveri-Pax Eisenthur, which is from Slovenia. It's 70% Pinot Grigio and 30% Furmint. It drinks like a great northern Italian.

Ronald Holden

Thu, 31 May 2007 15:04:20 -0800

Indeed, many of today's wine drinkers are more interested in a wine's "flavor profile" than anything else.

Geoff

Thu, 31 May 2007 14:59:11 -0800

We are definitely getting the best of both worlds here in Seattle...cheers to that! And while you say that Bud and other macros strive for predictability, so do many wines. How many wineries these days blend to create a more consistent product year-to-year? I would imagine quite a few. Just as many wines are affected season to season, so are many craft beers.

Ronald Holden

Thu, 31 May 2007 14:49:55 -0800

Good point. My bad.

Suzanne

Thu, 31 May 2007 14:47:11 -0800

Correction: Weinhard's ORGANIC beer ad says it tastes better than organic MILK.

Ronald Holden

Thu, 31 May 2007 14:28:09 -0800

Charles

Thu, 31 May 2007 14:24:41 -0800

the production folks at Annheuser Busch spend a fortune on water [to make] sure that one Bud tastes like all Buds. ;)