what a reductive comment. I am not going preface my reply with "i made wine" for extra cred but I do drink wine and love going to places like sicily, burgundy a

what a reductive comment. I am not going preface my reply with "i made wine" for extra cred but I do drink wine and love going to places like sicily, burgundy and ryoja just for walking around and touring wineyards. Once every couple years this happens and somehow it invalidates all the nuance in the winemaking world. You premise of getting what taste good is the right approach. Everything else is noise is unnecessary. There's a difference when a wineyard switches winemaster, or start using frappato to substitute for cab due to global warming. Or the 20/21 chianti classico is so different in profile than the rest of the previous years that's it's shaping up to what might be a golden vintage. or how 2020 from napa just isnt worth risking due to smoke taint. Or back in the 90s how mondavi and Michel Rolland almost ruined french wine due to everything being tailored chemi-made to be strong and oaky. There're stories yes. There're also technicals. And experimentations. Just like every other sector from tech to fashion.