Comments on: Natural Wine and Cowardly Wineries http://pinotblogger.com/2010/10/21/natural-wine-and-cowardly-wineries/ A blog about starting and building a family winery in the Russian River Valley. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John Kelly http://pinotblogger.com/2010/10/21/natural-wine-and-cowardly-wineries/comment-page-1/#comment-251908 John Kelly Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:05:52 +0000 http://pinotblogger.com/?p=1660#comment-251908 Josh – I won’t deign to make wines just to get the attention of reviewers, retailers, brokers and distributors who base their trade on the “natural” myth – any more than I would make an over-ripe, over-extracted, over-oaked, high-pH bretty fruit bomb to appeal to other reviewers, or produce wines deliberately at under 14% alcohol to satisfy the requirements of certain buyers. Heck, I’m just a contrarian all over.

I’m actually surprised that Ch. Ste. Michelle is officially neutral on I-1100 – behind closed doors they must be against it; if not they are idiots and I doubt they are. The strength of their brand is in their size, their wide and deep wholesaler relationships, and their command of shelf space and low- to mid-tier wine lists. Anything that levels the playing field for the smaller producers is not in Ch. Ste. Michelle’s interests.

OK so Lincecum just managed 3-up 3-down in the first inning, so back to the game. Where’s my beer?

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