Comments on: "Never Buy a Bad Bottle of Wine Again" – Are you Kidding Me?? http://www.portlandoregonwine.com/2009/05/never-buy-a-bad-bottle-of-wine-again-are-you-kidding-me.html Wine Information in Oregon Thu, 05 May 2011 20:09:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: elijah http://www.portlandoregonwine.com/2009/05/never-buy-a-bad-bottle-of-wine-again-are-you-kidding-me.html/comment-page-1#comment-11 elijah Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:55:42 +0000 http://www.portlandoregonwine.com/uncategorized/never-buy-a-bad-bottle-of-wine-again-are-you-kidding-me/#comment-11 >>Kermit Lynch for example, revolutionized wine importing in the 1970's and 1980's by shipping European wines in refrigerated containers, maintaining the "freshness" of the wine (you can taste the difference, I swear).>><br /><br />That's fine for getting the wine into the country, but once it gets here it's often poorly transported. Trucks that deliver wine are usually not properly controlled for temperature. Even a few hours in a hot truck can destroy a wine. Often, local and statewide distributors are not as careful in the transport of wine, as they should be - especially in the outposts (Ohio!). Several years ago I discussed this problem with Kermit Lynch. As he said, once the wine is out of his control...it's out of his control........Bernard2 >>Kermit Lynch for example, revolutionized wine importing in the 1970's and 1980's by shipping European wines in refrigerated containers, maintaining the "freshness" of the wine (you can taste the difference, I swear).>>

That's fine for getting the wine into the country, but once it gets here it's often poorly transported. Trucks that deliver wine are usually not properly controlled for temperature. Even a few hours in a hot truck can destroy a wine. Often, local and statewide distributors are not as careful in the transport of wine, as they should be – especially in the outposts (Ohio!). Several years ago I discussed this problem with Kermit Lynch. As he said, once the wine is out of his control…it's out of his control……..Bernard2

]]> By: Karl LaFong http://www.portlandoregonwine.com/2009/05/never-buy-a-bad-bottle-of-wine-again-are-you-kidding-me.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Karl LaFong Sat, 16 May 2009 18:19:00 +0000 http://www.portlandoregonwine.com/uncategorized/never-buy-a-bad-bottle-of-wine-again-are-you-kidding-me/#comment-7 Hi, Eva and Bernie!<br /><br />I know that this comment doesn't deal directly with this blog entry, but I didnt know where to post it. I suppose it's OK to put it here, as anyone reading this post is surely also interested in this information.<br /><br />On Friday (May 15th, 2009) the following report appeared in our local newspaper (Badische Neueste Nachrichten) in Karlsruhe, Germany. I'm not sure, but quite possibly this information has not been very widely reported in the USA. So here it is:<br /><br />Title: Heavy Hail Destroys Wine Harvest near Bordeaux<br /><br />There has been a strong storm with damaging hail in the last day or so that has damaged large areas within the Bordeaux wine growing areas in the southern part of France. 50-80% of the wine crop has been destroyed in the Medoc area. There was more than 30% damage in Saint-Emilion, and up to 100% damage in the Entre-Deux-Mers area. "It is as if the vines had been bombarded with stones," said Jean-Francois Lespinasse, a winegrower from the Chateau Bichon-Cassignols (quoted from the French website www.20minutes.fr). His 12 hectares (approx. 30 acres) in Graves were also damaged.<br /><br />"Rather than the usual 4500 liters per hectare, I expect the harvest to be maximally 3-5 liters per hectare," said Lespinasse. That will also have repercussions for the following years. In 2006 and 2007 the winegrowers complained because of frost damages. Hi, Eva and Bernie!

I know that this comment doesn’t deal directly with this blog entry, but I didnt know where to post it. I suppose it’s OK to put it here, as anyone reading this post is surely also interested in this information.

On Friday (May 15th, 2009) the following report appeared in our local newspaper (Badische Neueste Nachrichten) in Karlsruhe, Germany. I’m not sure, but quite possibly this information has not been very widely reported in the USA. So here it is:

Title: Heavy Hail Destroys Wine Harvest near Bordeaux

There has been a strong storm with damaging hail in the last day or so that has damaged large areas within the Bordeaux wine growing areas in the southern part of France. 50-80% of the wine crop has been destroyed in the Medoc area. There was more than 30% damage in Saint-Emilion, and up to 100% damage in the Entre-Deux-Mers area. “It is as if the vines had been bombarded with stones,” said Jean-Francois Lespinasse, a winegrower from the Chateau Bichon-Cassignols (quoted from the French website http://www.20minutes.fr). His 12 hectares (approx. 30 acres) in Graves were also damaged.

“Rather than the usual 4500 liters per hectare, I expect the harvest to be maximally 3-5 liters per hectare,” said Lespinasse. That will also have repercussions for the following years. In 2006 and 2007 the winegrowers complained because of frost damages.

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