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In Reply to: Pinot Noir Expose posted by Brad Kane/Eastern Correspondent on November 03, 2000 at 00:11:50:
Wow, if this is what passes for wine columnism on the East Coast, maybe I should move to New York, New York and become the Queen of Wine Criticism!Now Brad (speaking columnist to columnist here), you'll never get sent on junkets to fine restaurants and hotels in places like Burgundy and the Loire and Oregon and Santa Maria (home of the best BBQ this side of Oakland!) unless you show some sincere appreciation for the wine that they're selling. Even fake sincerety is better than no sincerety! And free wine? How do you expect to get free wine unless they know you're going to say good things about it? Maybe if you wrote good things about Cabernet Franc or Pinot Noir then people like Dalla Valle and Pride might read it (believe you me, there are a lot of really important ITB people lurking here) and send you their big, massive, oaky Cabernet Sauvignon (those are the ones you prefer, right?) to write about. Or what if Bize Leroy or DeVillaine are reading this? Do you think they'd send you a bottle of Musigny or Romanee-Conti to review having read what you wrote about their grapes? Just think, if they liked you they'd send you free wine and you could bring it to the next Jeebus and everyone will be favorably impressed with your classiness, style and overwhelming generosity. Nobody has to know that you got it for free!
It's sure worked for me. By following Mr. Dressner's advice on how to get in good with wineries and get free wine, I got added to the list of people who get Callaway and William Hill wines. It's almost like a wine of the month club. They send a couple of bottles with information on them and all I have to do is tell them I'm planning to write about them. Maybe for my next column. I'm still trying to figure out if Callaway is a winery or a golf club company. I also heard they design aftermarket parts that make Corvettes go faster than normal (which is pretty fast anyway).Maybe I could tour their vineyards in a Callaway Corvette and then get a souvenir putter to take home instead of a wineglass with the logo on it? Hmmmm, might be a good idea for next month's column.Anyhow Brad, nice job on your first column. They get easier the more of them you do. I find it helps me a lot to have a couple of glasses of wine before I start to write. It makes me giddy and I write from the top of my head AND from the bottom of my heart at the same time. Kind of like walking and chewing gum at the same time only you don't have to figure out what to do with the gum when the flavor runs out.
Write on, brother!
Eden
PS: You really ought to try the 1994 Beaux Freres Pinot Noir. Even if it didn't get rated by Robert Parker it's still very good wine. It's redolent with things and has gobs of other things. It's mindblowing wine (for Pinot Noir) if you ask me.
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