I Guess I Really Am a Wine Geek

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Posted June 6, 2007 by Lenn Thompson in News & Events

Eric Asimov discusses wine geeks and their impact on the wine world in today’s New York Times.

I like his ‘definition’ of wine geeks:

"Wine geeks are not a monolithic group, although certain characteristics
emerge, like a preference for minerality and acidity in a wine over
soft fruitiness, an abhorrence for new oak flavors and a reverence for
terroir and traditional methods."

I think I fit that description pretty well.

Read the full story.


4 Comments


  1.  

    Um, I guess I’m a wine geek, too.
    Welcome, jedis.




  2.  
    Theo

    Sounds more like a wine snob than a wine geek




  3.  
    Dave

    Let’s face it: If you read this blog, you already are a wine geek.
    Accept it and embrace it!





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