It's what Eric Asimov's tasting panel concluded, and it rocks the entire wine world. I can imagine that even in the Antipodes, far from the traditions of Pilgrims and Squanto, the wine folk are buzzing about it today. The single most incriminating line of the story is a caption that says, "Finding good Thanksgiving wines may be a lot easier than you think."
This admission throws years of seasonal punditry and diatribes into doubt -- nay, casts them into the Dustbin of History. Whether you realize it now or not, ladies and gentlemen, mere chaos has just been loosed on the world.
To gauge reactions to this revelation, I managed to track down -- more exactly, to twitter down -- some of the wine cosmos' most important luminaries at their watering hole and wallow pond in London. I asked them point-blank what they thought of this radical idea. Out of respect for them and their power in the marketplace, I hesitate to publish their unvarnished responses -- not because they are shocking but because they appear shockingly unwilling to grapple with what appears to be a Paradigm Shift. But, as a serious investigative wine journalist -- or blogger, same thing -- I feel it is my duty to do so.
The Emperor of Wine: Thnksgv hedonistic holiday. big bird > big fruit > big red. Pls 4get Loire. Greeeen.
Web TV Star & Author: See, we HV ALREADY CHANGED WINE!!
The "This-Barolo-Smells-Like-Dog" Guy: Lst yr had '45 Haut Brion w tky. Magisterial! Ended w 1861 Ch dYquem, ambrsial
The Importer With the Tumor: Something J & F used to bring in
The Lady Who Has a TV Show & Picks Wines for Delta Airlines: Whtvr sponsr wants me 2 push
East Village Wine Geek: TOTALLY FCKIN AWSOME!!!
The Empress of Wine: all rthr silly isn't it? choose s.t. pleasing + feast on
The Guy Who Blogs New York Wines: Shandling Bros Merlot-Chard blend perfect choice 4 yr relatives
The Wine Czarina: Did U stuff bird w oysters? Treyf! Will just pick. Anything fr Loire bt it mst smell bretty!
Shaking the foundations of common sense to their very core.
Posted by: Bradley | November 12, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I love you're latest posts! They are giggle-worthy, which is tough to achieve.
Posted by: Christy Frank | November 12, 2009 at 10:54 AM
I know, I have to get funny again. Always funnier in my manic cycles. Ha. Ha.
Posted by: TH | November 12, 2009 at 07:06 PM