I had this wonderful comment from someone in the wine trade on Linkedin: "Not a fan and never have been, of this -we just recipie make and blend stuff, marketing driven drivel that is Penfolds. Such a discrace that the wine world has let them get away with the Grange marketing bluff- These grapes can really come from anywhere & we add some bag tannin, stir and pop into oak then market the shit out of an undisclosed (possibly endless number of bottles- due to the fact the blend has no vineyard restrictions) at ludicrous prices. Almost EVERY other 'great wine' of the world has a circle drawn around a vineyard... Penfolds Grange- a circle around an entire country!! Great wine of the world..nope, GREAT marketing scam...yep! Now with all these other blends around the world, its gone from discrace to madness.... yes I know... people are paying, but really, I think it is a stain on the world of so called great wine."
It's so refreshing to read about wines which are NOT terroir driven. And hearing the T word endlessly pronounced, or rather, mangled by Anglo-Saxons, Asians and the rest is actually painful and cringe making. Cheers to great blends from Penfolds, Port, Sherry, Champagne, Bordeaux and why not Burgundy and Germany?!
Thanks!
I had this wonderful comment from someone in the wine trade on Linkedin: "Not a fan and never have been, of this -we just recipie make and blend stuff, marketing driven drivel that is Penfolds. Such a discrace that the wine world has let them get away with the Grange marketing bluff- These grapes can really come from anywhere & we add some bag tannin, stir and pop into oak then market the shit out of an undisclosed (possibly endless number of bottles- due to the fact the blend has no vineyard restrictions) at ludicrous prices. Almost EVERY other 'great wine' of the world has a circle drawn around a vineyard... Penfolds Grange- a circle around an entire country!! Great wine of the world..nope, GREAT marketing scam...yep! Now with all these other blends around the world, its gone from discrace to madness.... yes I know... people are paying, but really, I think it is a stain on the world of so called great wine."
no apostrophe in Penfolds, per their website
Bollock's! I'll have to change now.
It's so refreshing to read about wines which are NOT terroir driven. And hearing the T word endlessly pronounced, or rather, mangled by Anglo-Saxons, Asians and the rest is actually painful and cringe making. Cheers to great blends from Penfolds, Port, Sherry, Champagne, Bordeaux and why not Burgundy and Germany?!
Thanks Patrick!
Wish I’d thought of writing this!
I can think of no higher praise.