Apr 5
Globalisation and booze
Nice take on globalisation, the anti-capitalist snobbery of parts of the French establishment, and upstart wineries in Latin America and California’s Napa Valley, here. I did not realise that the Robert Mondavi winery was so hated by the French. I visited the Napa region with my fiance last September – during the runup to grape-picking time – and really loved it. We went to the Mondavi winery and brought a couple of bottles back, and I have nervously kept watch on ‘em whenever Andrew comes around the flat!
More than a decade ago, New World wines started to beat the best French red stuff in blind tastings. It is fair to say that the land of Montaigne and Charles de Gaulle has yet to recover.
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Bonfire of the Vanities #93
[Oh, silly, silly Kevin…letting me host this…]
Welcome to the Sadistic Edition of the Bonfire of the Vanities,
in which I shall exact the punishment these bitches deserve for such substandard performance!
First, welcome back …