The Great Wine Hoax
The Los Angeles Times ran a really, really . . . really funny story today about a wine critic and author Robin Goldstien pulling a big one over on Wine Spectator. In an effort to point out how flimsy wine-related awards for restaurants tend to be, she created a fictional eatery and placed them in the running for WS's award of excellence this year.
The restaurant in question, Osteria L'Intrepido was supposed to be in Milan and had a very expensive, very hoity-toity reserve wine list. "I am interested in what's behind all the ratings and reviews we read. . . . The level of scrutiny is not sufficient," said Goldstein, who revealed the prank while presenting a paper at an American Assn. of Wine Economists meeting in Portland,Ore., last weekend.
If you're interested in reading the entire article, I suggest following the link at the top of this post - it's a guaranteed laugh.
The restaurant in question, Osteria L'Intrepido was supposed to be in Milan and had a very expensive, very hoity-toity reserve wine list. "I am interested in what's behind all the ratings and reviews we read. . . . The level of scrutiny is not sufficient," said Goldstein, who revealed the prank while presenting a paper at an American Assn. of Wine Economists meeting in Portland,Ore., last weekend.
If you're interested in reading the entire article, I suggest following the link at the top of this post - it's a guaranteed laugh.
posted by My Wine News | 9:51 AM
1 Comments:
Now that was good fun!
Glad to have found your blog. I'm going to become a "Regular". I'll have to read through your previous posts. I like what I've seen so far.
I've "tagged" you. Feel free to play long if you care to. (Obviously, it's completely optional, and won't affect my continued readership.) Cheers!
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