Comments on: 1WineDude in the L.A. Times (More on Wine Competition Controversy) http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/ A Serious Wine Blog For the Not-So-Serious Drinker Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:55:02 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Six Pack http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-11847 Six Pack Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:25:13 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-11847 Hi!I think this blog is good!I found it on Google,I will surely come back! :D Hi!I think this blog is good!I found it on Google,I will surely come back! :D

]]> By: 1winedude5036 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9558 1winedude5036 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:04:51 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9558 I agree with you, but part of the issue is that the winners are being peddled to consumers who don't know details about wine of the competitions. Of course, we could argue "buyer beware"... I agree with you, but part of the issue is that the winners are being peddled to consumers who don't know details about wine of the competitions. Of course, we could argue "buyer beware"…

]]> By: 1winedude5036 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9557 1winedude5036 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:03:54 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9557 Agree entirely - though there are some that appeal to majority tastes, no doubt. Agree entirely – though there are some that appeal to majority tastes, no doubt.

]]> By: @Felicia_F http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9553 @Felicia_F Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:21:46 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9553 Winemaker Challenge hasn't taken place yet. It debuts January 2010. The director of the competition is Robert Whitley, who is a nationally sydicated wine writer and publisher of www.WineReviewOnline. News of the competition, and the results, will be posted on <a href="http://www.WineReviewOnline.com," target="_blank">www.WineReviewOnline.com,</a> on www.WhitleyOnWine, on the competition site, reported in his column and in various other online and print media. Robert is also director of other wine competitions: San Diego International, Monterey, Critics Challenge and Sommelier Challenge. Winemaker Challenge is the third in a series. While you may be right that the "average wine shopper" doesn't know Merry Edwards, James Hall, etc, I think people who are more serious about wine might. Oh, I don't know, like maybe people who read wine blogs? My point is that if one is going to be influenced by the result of a wine competition, knowing the judges are experts in their field should carry some weight. Winemaker Challenge hasn't taken place yet. It debuts January 2010. The director of the competition is Robert Whitley, who is a nationally sydicated wine writer and publisher of http://www.WineReviewOnline. News of the competition, and the results, will be posted on http://www.WineReviewOnline.com, on http://www.WhitleyOnWine, on the competition site, reported in his column and in various other online and print media. Robert is also director of other wine competitions: San Diego International, Monterey, Critics Challenge and Sommelier Challenge. Winemaker Challenge is the third in a series. While you may be right that the "average wine shopper" doesn't know Merry Edwards, James Hall, etc, I think people who are more serious about wine might. Oh, I don't know, like maybe people who read wine blogs?

My point is that if one is going to be influenced by the result of a wine competition, knowing the judges are experts in their field should carry some weight.

]]> By: 1winedude5036 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9542 1winedude5036 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:46:34 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/09/07/1winedude-in-the-l-a-times-more-wine-competition-controversy/#comment-9542 Interesting point but I doubt that the average wine shopper knows anything about the competition or those judges... Interesting point but I doubt that the average wine shopper knows anything about the competition or those judges…

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