Interesting Blog on Wine Criticism

The Gargantuan wine blog has a rather thoughtful & interesting post on the importance/necessity of wine critics:
Gargantuam:WineCritics

What he says makes a lot of sense.
Tom

This is in the great tradition of talking about talking about talking about wine criticism.

I quite liked the explication of the pet peeve terms the author didn't like. Eventually he figured out how to...um...come to terms with the definitions, so he found his separate peace.

I've never---well, rarely---had a problem with people's descriptors, although sometimes they feel like groping in the dark. At least they're trying. And most of the time what they're trying to communicate is how they feel about the wine. And how they feel about the wine is often more meaningful to me than a clinical report on acid and pH and residual sugar.

When it comes to wine, we all fall into one of three categories. The wine maker, the drinker, and the critic who disagrees with the drinker and tells the winemaker what it was he did wrong.

Great article.

And yes, I think a wine can be nervous

[Robin Garr]

Great article.

And yes, I think a wine can be nervous

John, welcome to active posting! Glad to see you jumping right in.

I once knew a wine so nervous that it kept jumping out of the glass. I'm sure I didn't spill it intentionally ...

John, since our Benevolent Host has welcomed you, let me second that from the peon gallery.

Nervous? I prefer "nervy", and use it pretty often. To me it's accurate and doesn't sound as pretentious as "nervosite'". Never used "nerveux"though.