Februrary is
Drink a Wine Made by a Peasant/Vigneron Month!
Yes, there are lots of négociants making good wine.
Lots of moneyed folks, be they from Barcelona or San Francisco are making good juice.
Many Château owners wouldn't even know how to prune a vine.
Be that as it may, February is:
International Drink a Wine Made by A Peasant/Vigneron Month!
There is still no substitute for someone who works, knows, lives and dies with their land!
Fernand Coudert, the visionary who replanted the Clos de la Roilette in the 1950s and brought back to life one of the great terroirs of the Beaujolais.
Wine phenomenas come and go. Todays Helen Turley will be tomorrow's Bob Foley will be tomorrow's Priorat hotshot will be some Marco in the Barolo. What ever happened to Guy Accad?
But the land and the peasants who worked that land came before them and will still be there after everyone forgets whose wine was The Wine of the Year in 2003. Yes, there is globalization, yes there are armies of consultants, but someone still has to get out there and work the land. There is still a Peasant/Vigneron out there who wants to make great wine. And February is the month to show them that we care about their work, that we are ready to plunk down some money and keep them going.
So, don't forget. Throughout February, wine shops and restaurants will be running promotions around the country.
Be sure to tune-in here for more details.
What are you drinking tonight?
Are you sure it was made by a genuine Peasant/Vigneron?
Guy Accad? Last time I saw him he was making reductive wine in the back woods of the Sologne. No racking, no stirring of the lees; neither fining nor filtration. And some experimentation with the addition of boar's flesh during elevage. White wines with long macerations and open-tank fermentations.
After reading your stirring editorial, I went right out to the wine storage thingy and opened a bottle of 2001 Le Pigeolet en Provence, a Vin de Pays de Vaucluse. It's red, it's wet, it's ten bucks and I got a nice buzz from it, even if it's only 13% alcohol. Thanks for the inspiration. I'll try to drink more peasant wines like this over the next month.
-Eden
last nite it was, "Franc de Pried" but I am not sure the Breton's are peasant but they are pleasant last time I saw them they gave me a present, the wine was great but it took the whole bottle to catch a buzz, its a tough wine for a wino....
Pierre is a bonafide vigneron. He is out there working his land.
Frankly, I think the Franc de Pied rocks!
it does rock:>)
Tonight, it's Clape's Cotes du Rhone, probably 1999, but maybe my lone 1994. Pierre's a vigneron, but does he qualify as a peasant?
Mark Criden
I'm using the term Peasant/Vigneron not to indicate social class or standing, but someone who is actively working their land.
Pierre certainly qualifies.
sir, the big question is does he wear a string tie?
No, he doesn't.
You need more peasant/vignerons at the jailhouse.
You've locked-up too many Jadots and Ramos Pintos.
Clear out the cells and get some Peasant/Vignerons in there.
you want me to arrest pierre?
Yes, you need Pierre in your jailhouse.
In fact, it is currently available to be in your jailhouse.
Just speak to your local Jailhouse Sales Rep. They have Pierre Breton in their stock.
ok sir. monsieur breton is under arrest for not making 100 point wines!
ship some pf that clos de roilette out this way....haven't seen it in at least 2 years. bad distribution? merci to the real vignerons.
amnesty to the vignerons!
No Breton in Massachusetts! I blame the system! I am part of the system. I am to blame.
Busy buying and selling industrial wine guys?
Come to the Loire and suffer from food poisoning like the rest of us!
I'm sorry i can't join you at the conference at the confluence of the Mayenne, the Sarthe and the Loir. Just send me a mixed case of Breton samples and i'll reward you with a ridiculous order, but you think that all my orders are ridiculous.
Buy Galichets. You don't need a sample. It rocks.
Fess Parker?
OK. Send the Galichets. Can you have it labelled as Chinon Les Picasses and bottled in Magnum?
fess parker is under arrest for wearing a ridiculous hat!
Does the Desvignes Morgon I had last night count as peasant/vigneron wine? I need to know if I get credit for that since I am currently scheduled to spend the entire month of February drinking important wines.
i'm sure he'll fess up, sheriff.
b-wood, i'm pretty sure you mean self-important wines.
Desvignes is an exemplar member.
hey mr. dresser! what does santa claus have in common with vignerons??? lots of ho-ho-hos!!!
I have closely examined the contents of my cellar, and am afraid that I have ONLY wines made by genuine Peasants/Vignerons.
As a result, drinking Peasant/Vigneron wines isn't much of effort for me. Any suggestions how I might celebrate appropriately?
What is January the month of? Sorry about the dangling preposition.
January is Crappy Industrial Wine Month.
January is Fess Parker month!
January is Gallo of Sonoma Month! Let's toast their ego at not pulling wine from the trade with unacceptable TCA taint!
are ernesto and julio paisano/vignerons? even if they buy senators?
Do they work all their land?
That's kind of the point....
European Selections, headed by my good friend Eric Solomon, is dedicating the month of February to a far more noble cause...Consulting Oenologists! Without these individuals, just where would agribusiness be!? Where would over-blown, over-extracted, over-oaked, low acid, Parker-adored, gob wines be!? Hhhmmmmmm? I mean, without someone telling you what to do, how will you do it right!? You should take a lesson from my buddy here...
Do I have to wait for February?
No, you can get a head start. Why not spend January warming-up for the big event in February?
can a peasant/vigneron have a consulting oenologist or whatever they are?
There is still no substitute for someone who works, knows, lives and dies with their land!
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