[utherdoul]

Makes sense, the less alcohol the more wine you have to drink, that means you have to buy more wine which means more money for the winery... or I’d just switch to tequila and laugh as the winery went out of business.

[doc1019]

Say it aint so!

[DTA]

To paraphrase Monty Pyton skit, it will be like making love in a canoe.

[Brad from Tennessee]

I imagine MD 20-20, Wild Irish Rose, Thunderbird and Night Train Express won’t be affected.

[antinomian]

"Trying to limit alcohol content while retaining flavour is an increasingly major challenge for wine producers as the effects of climate change become more marked."

I wonder what this food critic thinks about his editor slipping that breathtakingly idiotic global warming plug into his wine story.

[rockinqsranch]

Personally I don’t drink period, but it’s interesting to note the article is really about the European taste, thus their market, and Globull Warming. I find it “verrrrrry interesting, but shtoopid”.

If memory serves me, the California wines have been walking away with award after award in European Wine evaluations/contests if you will. If something works, why fix it?

[Candor7]

Californian "monster" wines regularly contain 15% vol alcohol and some are as high as 17%, alarming some of their own producers despite the praise of critics. >>>>>>>>>>>>

Euwwww! Gross, Effete Americanos with European wine palates? Give me the monster. I am an American, and I can take it.You Euro gurly men can have your reduced pseudo wines!

LOL.

[ccmay]

He said it was impossible for two people to share a bottle over dinner as the wines overwhelmed the meal.

Speak for yourself Mac. I can always finish a bottle with my wife if we're at home. She has one glass and I polish off the other 3-1/2, no sweat.

-ccm

[Rudder]

Just as long as they don’t mess with my Thunderbird.

[Tainan]

"He said it was impossible for two people to share a bottle over dinner as the wines overwhelmed the meal."

Utter nonsense. The wines I regularly drink are between 12% and 14%. But some I have laid back are in the 15% - 16%. Excellent with the right meal.

[Fractal Trader]

wine ping

[Lord_Calvinus]

Personally, I think California wines generally suck. But, then I’m spoiled on a winery that regularly beats Napa wines when they go head to head.

[Slings and Arrows]

http://www.bumwine.com

[Billthedrill]

Zoot allors! But, monsieur, zat is how one judges ze quality of ze wine - one reads ze alcohol content from ze label and sniffs ze screwcap. Ah, ze bouquet! I am picking up blackberry, pepper, and just a hint of ze furniture varnish. Ze legs! Ze finish! Ze [sound of BtD falling off his chair]

[Continental Soldier]

I am glad to learn that there is a backlash against high alcohol wines. When I started drinking wine with my dinner, many, many years ago, the alcohol content by volume for quite good French clarets was 11.5%. With the marketing of California wines, the alcohol content went up, way up. Today, even the French (who still make the best clarets in the world) have increased alcohol content to 13.5% Why? Practically speaking, wine with dinner should be enjoyed liberally, but the higher alcohol content makes such enjoyment impossible — unless, of course, you don’t mind falling off your dinner chair and chasing your tie around the floor with your tongue.

[Night Hides Not]

Excellent Mosel Rieslings are usually in the 8-9% range.