Comments on: Clos du Gravillas: memories written in grapes and gravel

By: tomfiorina

tomfiorina — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:20:17 +0000

Thanks, Jeroen, for your comment. I’m glad to hear that Nicole and John are well represented in the Netherlands.

By: Jeroen de Zeeuw

Jeroen de Zeeuw — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:17:32 +0000

Great story about great people. We have been selling Gravillas for a couple of years now n the Netherlands and they make terrific wine evry year. Wines wich display a great terroir.

By: Tom Fiorina

Tom Fiorina — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:07:59 +0000

Bill, Thanks for your comment and the André Simon recommendation. I wasn't aware of him or his writing, but I will definitely find some of his books to read. The fact that he was pushed into his writing career because of a beverage company's maladroitness (if one can call the champagne house of Pommery a "beverage" company) and that Robert Parker developed his 100-point rating scale as a reaction to the poetic license employed by Simon in his wine writing make me want to read him even more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:37:42 +0000

Tom, Don’t let anything of depressive nature interrupt your enthusiasm on this project. It is very good. Look up the things left by Andre Simon – books, articles, lectures, Wine Society bulletins, etc. He was a master of Wine writing – active in both France and Briton. He had the touch of combined classic, history, bon vivant, very light humor (you don’t want to mix too mush humor into wine writing; there are alot of people uneasy abt the alcohol factor – I like wine because of the light alcohol and the variety of flavors & smells. But it’s easier for some that they can be more serious abt the health and agricultural features.) You have a very good writing style. Bill

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:33:32 +0000

Interesting article, and I am sure that they are interesting people to meet.

By: Marc-Andrea

Marc-Andrea — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:43:08 +0000

Very well writen, although I don’t understand how heretics have a relation with wine. Still, for me, the best article on this website.