Comments on: Matt Kramer of Wine Spectator Fame… He Missed One Thing in His August 31, 2008 Commentary http://wine-blog.org/index.php/2008/08/19/matt-kramer-of-wine-spectator-fame-he-missed-one-thing-in-his-august-31-2008-commentary/ Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:52:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: admin http://wine-blog.org/index.php/2008/08/19/matt-kramer-of-wine-spectator-fame-he-missed-one-thing-in-his-august-31-2008-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 admin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:44:37 +0000 http://www.wine-blog.org/?p=492#comment-1462 I just rejected the thought of buying beef at Trader Joe's last weekend, because it came from Australia... I don't mind their right to grow and sell beef, but how much am I going to have to pay for flying it over to TJ's? [Besides, do they make seat belts big enough for that cattle?] I'm still becoming more nationalistic than ever, too, because I remember my town morphing into the land of the walking dead... It seemed to start in Maine (as Maine goes, so goes the nation), so by the time it hit Detroit, I had already witnessed what devastation and change Detroit - and all other manufacturing communities were going to be experiencing... It's a wild world... I just rejected the thought of buying beef at Trader Joe’s last weekend, because it came from Australia… I don’t mind their right to grow and sell beef, but how much am I going to have to pay for flying it over to TJ’s? [Besides, do they make seat belts big enough for that cattle?]

I’m still becoming more nationalistic than ever, too, because I remember my town morphing into the land of the walking dead… It seemed to start in Maine (as Maine goes, so goes the nation), so by the time it hit Detroit, I had already witnessed what devastation and change Detroit – and all other manufacturing communities were going to be experiencing…

It’s a wild world…

]]> By: Morton Leslie http://wine-blog.org/index.php/2008/08/19/matt-kramer-of-wine-spectator-fame-he-missed-one-thing-in-his-august-31-2008-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Morton Leslie Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:20:05 +0000 http://www.wine-blog.org/?p=492#comment-1461 I don't mind losing an argument, so I don't mind disagreeing with Matt or you, Jo. I would argue that, to the contrary, all you need to do is find a reasonably good growing area, plant Cabernet, and put a high price on the bottle. Name it "Domaine" something or "Chateau" something, maybe hire an international consultant. He or she need not visit, but do send out press releases about this arrangement. This is such proven formula to success, I am surprised that Matt overlooked it. A successful industry in a politically stable environment is one that meets "international" standards of sameness... which will be brought to you successfully by the consultant. Money will find its way to any high priced wine just for the fact it is high priced. And talking ecology is more important than practicing it. Like defining a "blue sky day" as any day you can see a shadow and then bragging about them on your back label. That said, I worry all those frozen packages of Chinese frozen seafood I used to buy at TJ's and feed to my family. I don’t mind losing an argument, so I don’t mind disagreeing with Matt or you, Jo. I would argue that, to the contrary, all you need to do is find a reasonably good growing area, plant Cabernet, and put a high price on the bottle. Name it “Domaine” something or “Chateau” something, maybe hire an international consultant. He or she need not visit, but do send out press releases about this arrangement. This is such proven formula to success, I am surprised that Matt overlooked it.

A successful industry in a politically stable environment is one that meets “international” standards of sameness… which will be brought to you successfully by the consultant. Money will find its way to any high priced wine just for the fact it is high priced. And talking ecology is more important than practicing it. Like defining a “blue sky day” as any day you can see a shadow and then bragging about them on your back label.

That said, I worry all those frozen packages of Chinese frozen seafood I used to buy at TJ’s and feed to my family.

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