A quote from a piece by Andrew Jefford from this weeks (London) Finiancial Times.
“Burgundy is just 4 per cent of our turnover,” says Stephen Browett of Farr Vintners, the wine world’s leading broker and often first call for those wishing to invest. “We sell more champagne than burgundy.”
Interesting stuff. Full article here.
Just SO…
The functional elegance of this rarefied speak is uniquely captured in one of its most inconspicuous words: “so.” This isn’t “so” the intensifier (“so expensive”); it’s not the “so” that joins two clauses. This is the “so” that introduces a sentence, as in “So as we can see, modified Newtonian dynamics cannot account for the rotation of any of the three observed galaxies.”
No, I’m not advertising my weekend – though dinner tonight, cooked by a friend who can really cook, will be accompanied by Guy Roulot’s 2000 Meursault Perrières, and Méo-Camuzet’s 1993 Corton Clos Rognet from my cellar – can’t wait!
Now, back to advertising. Burgundy-Report has remained a free resource and I have no plans to change that – yet at the same time, higher mortgage rates have cut my wine purchasing budget and my website (hosting) costs went up with a bump this month – and the latter cost is all you-lot’s fault! I have, over the last 2-3 years rejected offers of advertising on this site, but I think I may sell my soul to the devil and trial some from next month. I’ll try and keep it within the bounds of good taste, and for sure there will be no pop-ups – importantly the advertiser’s link will be next to good and bad wine reviews, and from my perspective one will never influence the other.
I will keep you updated
Cheers
Welcome Jane – but about 2-3 years late for many of your readers.
I wonder if this more public discussion will finally start to reduce the auction price of 1995 and younger wines. Those prices have previously held up remarkably well in the face of owners ‘getting rid’ (dumping). If auction prices plummet, what then for retail prices…?
Clearly the challenge for the Burgundy PR machine (and scientists) will increase, their quietly, quietly approach may have to change gear.
“Does your dog have the right dinnerware? … As seen in Wag Magazine, City Dog Magazine and on MSNBCs Celebrity Pet Dish, our unique eco-friendly elevated luxury dog and cat feeders promote healthy eating and drinking habits for your pet and give you the satisfaction of feeding him/her with ‘panache’.”
Dana from the aptly named Muttropolis in California urges me to share this with my reader. I get 2 or 3 commercial requests per week, but this time I crumbled.
“Pet lovers, interior designers, artists and fine wine connoisseurs are raving about the latest must-have unique pet products: Whiner and Diner unique, luxurious elevated dog and cat wine crate feeders. All pieces are artfully hand-crafted out of authentic reclaimed wooden wine crates from prestigious European or Californian vineyards.”
Apparently they also have ‘non-skid bottoms’ – was that the dog or pet feeder?
No affiliation etc., etc…
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