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.

The site is organized by chronological posts in descending order. There are several posts on each page and you can go to earlier posts by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on older posts. This is a very user-friendly feature.





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The Art of Wine Tasting

Click to Read An Exciting Exposé of The Three Tier Schnook System!

Clicking Here Takes You to A Breathtaking Minute-by-Minute Account of a Glamorous Day in the Life of The Wine Importer!

Click Here to Speed to the Non-Fictional Louis/Dressner Selections Website

My Friend André Iché, An Appreciation

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News from Domaine des Terres Dorées



There's a lot hopping here. That's right, your plain old Domaine des Terres Dorées Chardonnay will soon include a parcel that Brun picked on October 15th with pouriture noble. Noble rot!

I'll add my notes tomorrow or the day after or on Sunday.

I have to visit vineyards tomorrow and I'm exhausted out of my mind.

It is a lot of work having a web site, a job, a wife, children and a dog. All at the same time.

Good night.
- Joe Dressner 8-08-2001 9:20 pm [link] [add a comment]

The Making of a Cuvée Buster Part II: An Inside Look Part II

Here is Buster scouting out vineyards for a Cuvée Buster.



Buster is a firm believer in terroir, that all the great Cuvée Busters are made in the vineyards, not the cuvérie.

Despite an exhausting day scouring the vineyards of Regnié in the Cru Beaujolais, Buster was unable to find anything to his liking today.
- Joe Dressner 8-08-2001 9:03 pm [link] [1 ref] [add a comment]

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