[Growwine] Opinion letter in Le Devoir on snobbery of quebec grown wines

[Paul Bulas]

Thanks for the article.  The "high-end" wine press does not affect my tastes or thoughts about wine as a consumer or home winemaker.  I think there will always be those who pontificate and rank wines according to some hierarchy, but I personally give greater credence to those who actually have their hands in the vineyard and are making cold-climate wines of quality.  At heart, I like to think of wine as a humble thing; a clean, well made hybrid red can be a humble AND beautiful wine all at once.

I think these quotes by Mark Chien, Pennsylvania State viticulturist, say a lot:

"The wine world is a great democracy and we vote with our palates and wallets.  A teensy-tiny segment of it is worshiped in the popular wine press but the rest carries on extremely well without the pomp and circumstance - so why not a try a Chambourcin from Pennsylvania?"

"There is a wonderful world of wine variety diversity out there and it is only the poor sods who fancy themselves as wine connoisseurs that are limited to the dozen or so socially acceptable varieties and even further restricted by the particular style that is currently in vogue."


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