![]() And I wanted to develop some kind of image that might lay out routes to help others as well. I was being very systematic, going east to west in the Loire, north to south in Burgundy and the Rhone, back again to Languedoc, Provence, etc. I was trying to teach myself French wines without taking a trip to France, to systematically get to know each wine region, keeping my tasting notes on a Google map I had made. What led you to create the first of your wine maps? The former reflects the situation here, the latter simply says, “I wish I were in France.” I actually love the bizarre field blends that are made in California much more than the expertly made caricature of Chablis from the hippest California producer. Graves and Cornas, or Hermitage) rather than representations of their actual sites. These seemingly different styles of wine actually share something: they are representations of far-away places (e.g. I have equal disdain for oaky, overblown California cabernet as I do for Sonoma winemakers who make whole-cluster caricatures of wines from the Rhône. I found her argument convincing, and that further moved me away from any consideration of points.īombast and caricature. I loved Alice Feiring’s first book on natural wine, where she critiques the point system and sees it as the cause of homogenization in wine production. Today, I have a better sense of my palate, so I ignore them. I will admit that when I first explored wine, I bought wines based on points. The vintage of this wine – 2009 – was quite warm, so it was also a good way to transition from my New World palate to an Old World one.Īre you a fan of the Robert Parker system of ranking wines? Not only did I taste a great wine, but I also thought I tasted Marcel’s ideas about wine. I was always interested in wine, but I became obsessed after drinking a Morgon by Marcel Lapierre. In downtown Richmond, Virginia – a great city. ![]() © David Gissen De Long | L-R: David Gissen the Metro Wine Map of France
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