I am a wine educator, Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, and founder of Vindulge, Wine Education & Consulting -- a wine consulting company focusing on enhancing the consumers wine experience through classes, seminars, private buying in addition to commercial consulting. I am also a freelance wine, food, and travel writer and frequent tasting panelist and judge for wine competitions. I also speak at conferences and events on various aspects of wine and food.
Wow. Where to begin? Two that come to mind for very different reasons are Greece and Chile. When many think of Greece they think of Retsina of old, and poorly made wines, when in fact the country is developing some of the most interesting wines I’ve had in years. The quality is improving, and the prices are very fair. I see more and more people learning about quality Greek wine in the future, and enhancing its reputation in the marketplace.
Similarly, Chile has been known for years for producing “value wine”, and that’s about it. But quality of Chilean wines are increasing significantly and some of the best Chilean wines can stand up to the best of some of the most reputable regions of the world. You can still certainly find great “value wines” in Chile, but it’s time to also recognize many of the high quality wine wines produced there as well.
Ha. No I have personally never crushed grapes with my bare feet, though I have worked several harvests (we used modern technology to crush our grapes ;).
I have seen that video. Pretty funny!
I definitely get turned off by "snobbery", but I do love to share good wine with people who are interested in learning about it. When I'm pouring a special (or very expensive) wine, I do my best to try to share what makes it "special" or expensive rather than just pouring for the sake of braging rights.
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