Movie: Shock effect (Bottle Shock)



Wine is sunlight, held water.
... Wine is sunlight held together by water.
Quote Explanation: Stephen Spurrier quotes Galileo Galilei.
№ 363929   Added MegaMozg 12-03-2019 / 06:03
It all starts with the soil, vines and grapes. The smell of the vineyard. It is like the smell of birth. He awakens covered with a patina of time... the ancient... in General, deep-seated and likely unconscious impulses in my soul.
It all begins with the soil, the vine, the grape. The smell of the vineyard. Like inhaling birth. It awakens some ancestral...... some... primordial... anyway, some deeply imprinted and probably subconscious place in my soul.
№ 363927   Added MegaMozg 12-03-2019 / 05:03
- I was surprised at the quality of California wines. And their originality. In NAPA valley there is interest in experimental methods. To quite avant-garde techniques.
- What is he saying?
- In my land they call it a dubious compliment. In England, apparently, not aware that it happens. Here's a cultural feature.
- I was surprised by the quality of California wines. And their originality. In the Napa Valley, there is interest in experimental methods. To avant-garde methods.
- What's he saying?
- Where I come from, they call it a left-handed compliment. But I don't think they have a name for it in England. It's too embedded in their culture.
№ 363926   Added MegaMozg 12-03-2019 / 05:02
Degas worked with paints. Rodin worked with bronze. Debussy - piano. Baudelaire - the language. And Henri Jayer and Philippe de Rothschild worked with grapes. Great wine is great art.
Just as Degas used paint... Rodin used bronze... Debussy, the piano... Baudelaire, language... So Henri Jayer and Philippe de Rothschild used the grape. Great wine is great art.
Quote Explanation: Henri Jayer (1922-2006) and Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988), one of the most successful winemakers in the world.
№ 363913   Added MegaMozg 12-03-2019 / 03:17
It is not enough just to do the job. It should be done properly.
It's not about getting it done. It's about getting it done right.
Quote Explanation: Jim Barrett (1926-2013) - the owner of the winery "Chateau Montelena," whose Chardonnay in a blind tasting won the 1976 contest "The Paris Wine Tasting" that gave a huge impetus to the acceptance of American wines in the world.
№ 363906   Added MegaMozg 12-03-2019 / 03:10