Nov 4, 2010
Vinosseur's Book of Revelations – Or Rather, a Simple List
I just wanted to post a list of things that I believe in. These are just my beliefs, and are not necessarily truths for you. They are merely my strong opinions and may not reflect yours.
- Not all conventional wines are bad – If you like it, it’s good
- Great wine tasters are those with great recollection abilities
- A great quality wine can stay open for more than 3 days and remain drinkable
- What you can’t see can hurt you – Don’t filter the nutrients out of your wine
- If over used, sulfur does not preserve a wine, it kills it – Wine is a living thing, please use sulfur judiciously
- Wine comes in all colors: white; orange; rosé; red….etc.
- Natural wines still contain alcohol, so drinking 2 bottles per night may not be healthy
- Natural wines are often very food friendly
- The definition of «Terroir» must include the wine maker
- Not all Pinot Noir’s are good – Not all Merlot’s are bad
- Not all natural wines are good – If you don’t like it, it’s not good
YES!!!
SI!! 🙂 Grazias Laureano!
I really agree with what you said about terroir. Wine doesn’t make itself no matter how good the vineyard is!
Thanks Merrill!
It’s nice to know that sometimes people do agree with some of my opinions!
Cheers,
I totally agree! …almost
You are my New Bible!
A good quality wine become better after 3 days, or 7 days;
2 bottles per night of natural wine it’s better than 2 bottles of conventional wines;
terroir must include the character of the wine maker;
natural wine it’s not a good wine only for its naturality. It’s only the point to start!
Ciao Laureano, you’re the best!
Ciao Joseph! when you sell in Poland???
Not sure about this one, A great quality wine can stay open for more than 3 days and remain drinkable… If you talk about ‘quality’ in the sense that it doesn’t go of in 3 days but I’ve had fantastic wines that were so eager to get some oxygen that after half an hour they were gone.
Francesco – Thanks for the comments – we will talk soon 🙂
Mart – Thank’s for reading and for your comment. For me a quality wine is one that is alive and these living wines tend to only develop over the course of 3 days and even a week as Francesco points out. I also find that often these wines i am referring to can improve for up to two weeks. This to me is the sign of quality. Too many young wines today once opened have to be consumed within 3 days in my experience.
This being said, an older wine can be fantastic and fragile at the same time, and can very well last only a few hours or less, as you mentioned.
Cheers,