HAVE CORKSCREW WILL TRAVEL: WINE & TANGO
September 19-30, I will be a cheerful guest of Wines of Argentina.
I will focus on four themes. Then I plan to write a series of
articles/posts on what I learn:
1) To discover several new “favorite wineries” – For me that is always goal number one for any wine trip;
2) To find the best Malbecs to match with Steak (even though I don’t personally eat red meat);
3) To find the best Argentine wines to drink for dancing (Tango naturally) and
4)
To research winery investments in Argentina.
To prepare for my visit, I have been having a “Summer of Argentina”.
Naturally, I have been ordering Malbec wine almost every dining and drinking opportunity. I have read several books on wine travel there. I watched the Argentine art film The Student at Moma. But also important has been studying tango (dance classes as well as reading books). I went to a wine and tango party at Strictly Tango NYC at Pearl Studios which I thoroughly enjoyed. I then attended/watched more classes as well as attending their weekly milongas in Central Park on Saturday evenings. All were fun and obviously I recommend this Tango School as I plan to take more lessons. Overall it should be obvious I am doing my best to acclimate myself for my upcoming visit!
Malbec-Tango-Malbec-Tango - BA here I come! :)
Hotels happily jump into the wine business
Cola-Flavored Wine Is Now a Thing
Mixing Fine Wines With The Bond Markets
3.
Jefford
on
Monday: Confessions of a Cobbler
Ask
a
Sommelier: How Did You Get Interested in Wine?
4 September 11 TastersGuildNY Familia Zuccardi Premium Argentine Wine Tasting
September 12 So you think you know...
September 20-21 Wine Riot New York
October 3-5 Greenwich Wine & Food
October 10 Wine and Tango Tasting
October 17-20 NYC
Wine & Food
Festival
5. Wine & Comedy: TheStandUpSommelier.com
I greatly enjoyed Laurie
Forster
performing Something to Wine About - Her one-hour original comedy show & wine
tasting with
audience participation. I have attended it in two versions:
one at the
Greenwich Wine & Food Festival, the other at Caroline’s
on
Broadway. I enjoyed the “class” in Greenwich Ct more (repeats
October 5)
as we were offered more wine and more wine instruction. The
latter was
excellent pure standup comedy but had just as many beer as wine
drinkers there
- need I say more? Don’t miss either show for juicy Fun!
6. winemaps.com A promising Beta release.
Improve that red wine with just a push of a button
A
Perfect Pairing: Crime Fiction And Wine
7. The front page of last Saturday’s National Post carried a giant wine glass and the provocative question, “Are wine critics fooling us into buying pricier bottles?” Adam included my 2 cents in wrapping up his piece:
Natalie MacLean, whose books and wine review website have made her
one of
North America’s best-known wine writers, imagines she could be
tricked if
someone served her a wine out of context. “I don’t set myself up as
infallible,” she says. Ms. MacLean argues that wine reviewing, like
art
criticism, is largely a matter of taste and opinion. “As wine
critics I think
our primary goal is to be of service to wine drinkers, to be their
guide; their
virtual wine friend standing beside them at the store.”
HW: Well written article. I basically agree with your points. But you
left out
one important function of the wine critic- not only to help select
wines but to
INCREASE THE ENJOYMENT of drinking a particular wine.
NM: Thanks Henry! Great point.
Cheers
Cheers
Henry Weingarten
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