joe dressner

My name is Joe Dressner and I'm The Wine Importer of many French, an increasing number of Italian wines and a Port. I am part of a company, Louis/Dressner Selections, which tries to find interesting and often unusual wines that express the terroir the wines come from and the talent and hard work of the winemakers. This site is my personal spot and has no relation to the company I work for.

The point of this site is unabashed self-promotion, which I have learned is the key to success in the business world. Long and hard experience has taught me that the quality of our wines is unimportant -- it is my ability to network and promote myself that matters most in the business world. Image and illusion are all that matters and our customers feel reassured to know they are buying wine from an important personality who has his own web site.

Most of this site is true, but some of it is fictional. I often forget which part is which. Everyone in the wine trade takes themselves so seriously that I am trying to bring a little perspective and humor into what should be a joyous trade. By the way, my lawyer suggested I include this paragraph.

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New York, New York

Buster, Alyce, Jules, Denyse and myself will be returning to New York on Friday.

We are hoping to have a live web cam chronicling Buster’s voyage in the cargo hold of a luxury Swissair flight.



Our flight begins at 7 am in Lyon. We have to arrive two hours early at the airport. We live an hour from the airport, so we will be leaving Poil Rouge at 4 am.

We will then take a short flight to Zurich where we will drink many cups of coffee. Swiss Coffee. Two hours later, we will take our places, business class, on a Swissair flight to Kennedy. To avoid eating the horrible food they pass out during these flights, even in Business Class, I have special-ordered Hindu Vegetarian for myself, Low Sodium Kosher for Alyce, Non-Dairy Fish for Jules and Low Cholestrol Swiss for Denyse. We plan on enjoying the in-flight cinema.

Hopefully, Swissair will remember to transfer Buster from the Lyon commuter flight to the JFK flight.

If all goes well, a surly New York cab driver will let us off at our luxury Sutton Place digs at about 3 pm. This means that the trip, door-to-door, will take 17 hours.

We have learned many valuable lessons about viticulture and winemaking this summer.

Sorry, but I’m too busy packing right now to share them.

One important point though: load up on Domaine des Terres Dorées Chardonnay En Fût 2000. There is none in America right now, but some will be arriving soon. This is the first year I have actually enjoyed this wine. Immensely.

There’s a whole story about the vinfication but I’m too busy packing right now to share all the details.

And make sure to check out The New York Times Article on manipulative winemaking. That’s right, the Newspaper of Record is telling the truth for once. Wine muckraker Alice Feiring is to be commended. The url is: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/business/26WINE.html

I would code the url with all the appropriate HTML coding but I'm too busy packing.



- Joe Dressner 8-28-2001 9:00 pm [link] [add a comment]

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