Can I add David Bowie/Mick Jagger 'Dancing in the Street' to the iconic list? 1985 was a good year (our wedding), to be savoured- with this joyous music, like a fabulous wine! Thank you for reminding me of some good times, even in the 80's!
I like this take - it's interesting because I feel like there's some divide between the serious wine lovers and collectors here, where those ultra-expensive bottles that people aspire to own are seen as status symbols (for some people, holding onto them basically forever represents being a part of a community they can't really afford to actually be a part of), but then for people who are just wine obsessed, the dream is just to taste and appreciate these bottles and maybe to understand why the hell anyone would ever justify spending thousands of dollars to acquire them. Also on some level if you open a bottle that you spent $X,000 on and it isn't life changing, not only do you lose your status symbol but you find yourself in an uncomfortable "emperor's new clothes" situation you'd rather not be faced with.
Thanks! Agreed - the motivations are fascinating, but I don't think I could ever justify spending such a silly amount of money on wine as a status symbol. I'd much prefer to seek out the smaller-scale stuff – there are more interesting stories there, in contrast to these slick luxury icons owned by multinational conglomerates or aristocratic families...
My allegiance to Cab Franc Chronicles led me to you guys. I love this intersection. My craft is to design strategic narratives for companies and executives and one of those opportunities became an interlude with a winery and a winemaker who was a musician (a jazz trumpeter akin to Chris Botti). I designed a thematic brand approach based on "Musicality" and even created "wine lyrics" to replace "typical wine speak". It felt so right. But, it was too different. And, so it sits in my database waiting to be unleashed. And, now I found you guys. Woot!
Thanks Tobin – I'm glad you enjoyed it! Your profession sounds really interesting. I think you were onto something with musicality. Conventional wine speak is definitely missing that intersection with wider culture, when wine is so interconnected with other art forms.
The irony is I have a WSET 2 nominal. It was about learning wine speak. I believe that is the biggest challenge the industry faces - it talks to itself and creates an "approachability" chasm. I pour wines on the weekend and deal with many different kinds of customers. I have learned to meet people where they are in their wine journey and go from there.
Can I add David Bowie/Mick Jagger 'Dancing in the Street' to the iconic list? 1985 was a good year (our wedding), to be savoured- with this joyous music, like a fabulous wine! Thank you for reminding me of some good times, even in the 80's!
Of course! Glad you enjoyed it, and revisiting the fond memories :)
I like this take - it's interesting because I feel like there's some divide between the serious wine lovers and collectors here, where those ultra-expensive bottles that people aspire to own are seen as status symbols (for some people, holding onto them basically forever represents being a part of a community they can't really afford to actually be a part of), but then for people who are just wine obsessed, the dream is just to taste and appreciate these bottles and maybe to understand why the hell anyone would ever justify spending thousands of dollars to acquire them. Also on some level if you open a bottle that you spent $X,000 on and it isn't life changing, not only do you lose your status symbol but you find yourself in an uncomfortable "emperor's new clothes" situation you'd rather not be faced with.
Thanks! Agreed - the motivations are fascinating, but I don't think I could ever justify spending such a silly amount of money on wine as a status symbol. I'd much prefer to seek out the smaller-scale stuff – there are more interesting stories there, in contrast to these slick luxury icons owned by multinational conglomerates or aristocratic families...
My allegiance to Cab Franc Chronicles led me to you guys. I love this intersection. My craft is to design strategic narratives for companies and executives and one of those opportunities became an interlude with a winery and a winemaker who was a musician (a jazz trumpeter akin to Chris Botti). I designed a thematic brand approach based on "Musicality" and even created "wine lyrics" to replace "typical wine speak". It felt so right. But, it was too different. And, so it sits in my database waiting to be unleashed. And, now I found you guys. Woot!
Thanks Tobin – I'm glad you enjoyed it! Your profession sounds really interesting. I think you were onto something with musicality. Conventional wine speak is definitely missing that intersection with wider culture, when wine is so interconnected with other art forms.
The irony is I have a WSET 2 nominal. It was about learning wine speak. I believe that is the biggest challenge the industry faces - it talks to itself and creates an "approachability" chasm. I pour wines on the weekend and deal with many different kinds of customers. I have learned to meet people where they are in their wine journey and go from there.
To paraphrase LC, I remember you well in the 70s hotel…