Let Wine Live:
A Credo for Older Wines
Just when and why did the ambiguous and subjective phrase “accessible wines” begin creeping into the lexicon of winemakers and wine writers, me included?
by
Alan Goldfarb
May 22, 2009
At best, the notion of soft, ready-to-drink wines was the brain-extrusion of some sweet young flack. He or she would present the idea to the suits, who were ensconced, no doubt, in a cold conference room in a hermetically sealed chamber of some commodity-producing corporate “winery”.
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