Are nuances an endangered species?

Ever felt fatigued and deflated after reading an article about the current state of the wine world? I did after reading Are Great Sommeliers an Endangered Species?, a conversation between two highly-respected American sommeliers, Jordan Salcito (the interviewer, who notably headed the wine program at Momofuku, in New York) and Bobby Stuckey MS (the interviewee and co-founder of Frasca Food and Wine, a standard-setting restaurant in Boulder, Colorado). In a nutshell, their conversation takes a gloomy look at the current state and future of the sommelier profession. They lament that it has fallen prey to a young generation of party-going sommeliers who just care about stories, and bully unsuspecting guests into drinking flawed wines that come with a great story but aren’t good value – or any good at all.

Well.

Get the balance right

If only ‘balanced’ would come to mind more often when reading articles about ‘new and natural’ vs ‘old-school and conventional’. Wine culture has grown by leaps…