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The world of wine would be a very boring place if all winemakers adhered to Ms. Feiring's philosophy. If every wine was made to Ms. Feiring's specifications they would be too pricey for the casual wine consumer.

The point is, it’s a big world of wine out there with a time and place for all styles. Don’t be intimidated by Ms. Feiring’s snobby opinions. There is room for the hedonistic California Cabernet as well as the expressive Loire Valley Cab Franc at the table.

I believe Ms. Feiring’s biggest shortcoming is that she communicates absolutely no passion for wine, just a need to throw her condescending opinions around. Amazingly, Robert Parker, whose tastes differ from my own, comes across as an enthusiastic wine-lover next to her dry, self-important, elitist pronouncements.

As a wine lover I was truly turned off by this interview. I say, trust your own palate, not Ms. Feiring’s.

As someone in the wine business, it is obnoxious people such as this who keep wine a "snotty" pursuit. I happen to agree 100% with what she says and what it seems her tastes are, but to tout them as being the only "true" method to "real" wine is exclusionary, arrogant, and has NO place in the wine world. Her methods would keep all wine priced outrageously or keep the wine makers poor. Same on her for promoting such an arrogant approach to wine.

And, btw, she didn't save ANYTHING from Parkerization. That is still 95% of the global wine market. She is delusional as well as promoting a fascist attitude toward wine.

Thanks, enjoyed the show. I will look us Ms. Feiring's blog. Wine has always been such a huge complex part of the liquor store that I feel lost in.

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