During my review of the Burgundy Wine Company in my last post, I stumbled across WineAccess.com as the “engine” that powers its back-end e-commerce platform. Looking into the service a bit more deeply, I’ve discovered a comprehensive multi-faceted array of products that intelligently interlock and serve everyone from the casual wine enthusiast to the wine store, to wine importers, to the vineyard owner.
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Just received a great email from Burgundy Wine Company, powered by the phenomenal WineAccess.com shopping engine, about which I’ll write more later. I had to share this insightfully-written note from owner Geri Tashjian…
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The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization

I read and re-read this book a couple of times, trying to pierce to the heart of what her underlying focus was. What made her so angry about today’s wines? What was she rebelling against? And what, importantly, was she aspiring towards?

It turns out that her biggest gripe is with the techniques used to make wine today. In her lexicon, she calls these wines “spoofulated,” and credits her palate with being able to discern the even the slightest manipulation. She extols the virtues of naturally-made, “expressive” wines which convey their terroir and sense of place.

As she tours vineyards, falls in and out of love, and even helps with a grape harvest, she reveals a great deal about what she’s learned about how wine is made. However, she is clearly writing within the confines a very limited wine critic scope, from which the book both benefits, and suffers…
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