Rodney Dangerfield of wine countries.

Sweet raisin flavoured ice wine has gained Canada some respect in the wine world but there are still a few things that need to change for Canada to be the next Sideways.

First have one VQA – I get the feeling VQA Ontario and BC VQA are a couple of kids both fighting for their parents attention by telling on each other. There should be one governing body with one VQA Symbol? We need a unification.

The Opimian - The wine society of Canada has no Canadian vintage charts. Why? They have vintage charts for England but not for Canada! When was the last time you were going on about the great wine you had from West Sussex or Glouchestershire from 1997. Someone needs to put out Vintage Charts for Canada.

I say we get rid of some of those bad wines like Hochtaler, Domain D'Or and Baby Duck or maybe instead just get rid of Andres wines which will get rid of most of the bad wine all at once. I know there is a place for these wines although I don’t really know where and don’t think I want to go there.

The VQA’s need to stop approving grapes and/or must from other countries and then labeling it a Product of Canada. If I change the oil in my car is it now known as a Baconmobile instead of a Ford…..Mmmmm Baconmobile.

We need to stop copying the rest of the world and do our own thing. Instead of using the American term Meritage lets create our own. How about Canet molding Canada with Claret. Maybe icewine could be Vinglace with Late Harvest wine could be Vinneige showing our French heritage. Sparkling wine could be known as Schiller after Johann Schiller, who is referred to as the father of Canadian Wine.

Foreign companies investing in Canadian Vineyards shows there is intrest in Canadian Wine, and with these changes I think we could beat the Rodney Dangerfield no respect aura.

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I have a subscription to Decanter Magazine and I rather enjoy it. Last months issue had an editorial by Andrew Jefford about the growing trend in wine writing on the web. His stance is pretty much negative toward all of the wine writing on the web. It’s not the writing that is his problem it’s the fact that people are doing it for FREE! Oh my God! I also get the feeling that he thinks you can’t trust any wine blogs because the people writing them don’t have any professional experience. It’s funny but I think the wine blog reader trusts a wine blog more than a magazine. They know that the people writing the blogs are spending their own hard earned money buying the wine and then using their limited free time writing about the wine. Andrew ‘Mr. Professional’ Jefford goes on to mention a guy who went to Hungary and documents all of the wines he could find; apparently it’s around 60 pages. He wonders who would want to read something so long, you can’t put an article like that in a magazine…and the guy isn’t even a professional wine writer...AND YOU CAN READ IT FOR FREE! Well I am only one person but I would sure like to read it.
This month Decanter has another article about the wine blog. This article has a different opinion and mentions how wine blogs are going to bring positive change to the wine business. Several blogs can create a buzz about a wine with people commenting immediately whether they agree or disagree. Could it be true that a million people are smarter than one? Well Mr. Jefford doesn’t think so…that is unless they are getting paid

Geek, Snob or Wino?

Recently Grape Radio had a show “You know you are a Wine Geek when…”. The show signed off by challenging the audience to come up with their geeky moments…Do think any of these apply?

You make t-shirts out of my favorite labels.

You get a part-time job at a wine store.

You take pictures of the wines you likeand place them on you Ipod. This helps to remember them when you go wine shopping and you know what they look like.

You have a sarcastic wine blog.

I thought there was in important question in the show that brought up. What is the difference between a Wine Geek a Wine Snob and a Wino? If someone says they like the California Champagne they are drinking, the Wine Geek would correct them and proceed to tell them the difference between a sparkling wine and Champagne? They would tell them the different methods of sparkling wine production; Methode Champenoise vs The Charmet Method. The different grapes used; Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Macabeo, Xarel-Lo, Parallada. AOC vs the AVA. The different terms used around the world; Sekt, Cava, Cremant, Asti. The sweetness categories; Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Dry, Sec, Demi Sec, Doux, Chalky soil vs Sandy Soil. Maritime climate vs Continental Climate….well you get the idea. Turning his nose in the air The Wine Snob would say “That is not Champagne, Dom Perignon is Champagne, this is some cheap wine with Carbon Dioxide that some people call sparkling”. He then turns and walks away before someone asks a question because he really doesn’t know what Champagne is.

The Wino doesn’t care what you call it, but he will defiantly drink it.

Hmmm maybe I am a Wino Geek.

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