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Highlights of Tuesday's Louis/Dressner Tasting

There's a lot of talk on the web about corruption in the wine industry. Judge for yourself.


Here I am bribing the Brooklyn Wine Guy Blogger to give good reviews to Franck Peillot's wines from the Bugey.


This is a picture of Eric Texier bribing me to take bigger quantities of his Brézème Blanc.


Luca Roagna is anxious to get good reviews on Lyle Fass' blog.


Here I am trying to get a product placement of Jurancon in the hipster market.


I'm sick of Alice Feiring writing about Jenny and François and this should do the trick.


David Lillie and Chambers Street could make an effort and take more of our Italian wines.


My son Jules just finished an intermediate course in the Masters of Wine program. Here I am bribing his instructor, Mollie Battenhouse, to make sure he gets a good grade.



- Joe Dressner 4-29-2009 9:39am

above temptation

it would seem that no one is above temptation, even the most pious of us... how do I get invited to one of these hoedowns?
posted by dobianchi 4-29-2009 1:51pm
[quote]originally posted by dobianchi:

above temptation

it would seem that no one is above temptation, even the most pious of us... how do I get invited to one of these hoedowns?[/quote]

Key word: hoe!
posted by Steve Edmunds 4-29-2009 2:01pm

Obama

I don't know why Obama is spending all of our money on the stimulus -- your efforts promise to turn the entire global economy around in 100 days.

Would have been great to be there for the handout -- not too mention great wines and people. How do people ever get on the invite list? Just let me know where to send the entry fee.

I am one of those that understands the whole pay to play world you operate in.
posted by Tom 4-29-2009 2:32pm

I'm shocked


and appalled at the brazenness of it all. Especially since I was offered no such recompense.

Or was I? I was too drunk to remember. Eric may have threatened to get all Rugby on me.

posted by the vlm 4-29-2009 3:13pm

NICE!!!




posted by real wino 4-29-2009 4:51pm
Geez, Joe, that's irrefutable evidence you got there. I don't see how the industry can weasel out of it this time. But why are you turning yourself in? And what's your Great Neck cousin's take on all this?
posted by skirsch 4-29-2009 6:57pm

vlm= Riled UP?

posted by Jose Pastor 4-29-2009 8:37pm

Pas de tout, mon ami;

very low maintenance!
posted by Steve Edmunds 4-29-2009 9:14pm

Muy Buen Chocolate?

very loud marroquino!
posted by Jose Pastor 4-30-2009 9:14am

the missing pictures...?

what happened to the picture of sharon bowman being bribed? i smell a conspiracy...
posted by scottreiner 5-1-2009 7:58pm
She's smiling in the picture. As was Linus Kessler in his picture. The idea was to look sinister. Linus and Sharon didn't make the cut.
posted by Joe Dressner 5-2-2009 9:50am
He's certainly an opportunist, but political parties in the United States and elsewhere require the services of opportunists in order to survive and prosper. When the opportunists start jumping ship, it indicates serious problems.

http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-minority-party-status.html
posted by putnam 5-3-2009 2:26am
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Joe Dressner - Captain Tumor Man!


Hi, I'm Joe Dressner the famous wine importer and I have brain cancer!

I already have a wine blog and frankly wine is such a luxury business that I hate to mix my cancer problems with my wine observations. I think it would be a general downer for the lifestyle crowd out there.

Furthermore, we in the wine trade always claim there are tremendous health benefits to drinking wine. I've already had cardiovascular bypass surgery over eight years ago and now I got a tumor aggressively rattling in my brain. My colleagues in the glamorous wine industry want me to keep it quiet.

So, I've started this wonderful new blog to discuss wine, brain tumors, my life and to give you hot tips on handling the cancer stricken around you. There will also be practical wine/radiation pairings when I start radiation therapy and chemotherapy next week.

Having brain cancer means I might both physically and intellectually decline. So, I will be using this blog as a venue to pursue petty vendettas against relatives, acquaintances and people in the wine trade.

I might also lose touch with reality and say things that are not true or are only half true. The important thing is to have fun and enjoy this rare and precious time in my life.

One of my pet vendettas is my cousin Dr. Barbara Hirsch. Dr. Barbara Hirsch is a very important Great Neck Endocrinologist, who was raised and nurtured by my parents. Dr. Hirsch waited until my father was near death and my mother was suffering from a rare neuromuscular disorder, to write them a seven page letter denouncing them for being horrible to her for the entirety of her life! Despite my concerns, Dr. Hirsch still refuses to apologize.

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.

August 2009 Postscript: Not only does it exist independently of my cancer, it also exists independently of Louis/Dressner Selections. After 18 years, they have dumped us for Kermit Lynch. Oh well. At least I'm alive!