I recently read a post over at Alder Yarrow's Vinography blog that was discussing Eric Asimov's assessment that we should just stop recording and publishing tasting notes. While I agreed with Eric's points on wine snobbery and the effects of said stereotypes on the blooming of our wine culture, I stepped up to support Mr. Yarrow in the feeling that ending the worship of the tasting note would certainly not provide an answer to our problems. My response to both points of view is reprinted below.…
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Posted on February 24, 2009 at 6:30pm