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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us March 22, 2005 Off The Vine Wineries offer fresh selections Lorn Razzano Not long ago, I had a gentleman in the shop who seemed agitated and out of sorts. Finally, after listening to him for a few minutes, he related to me his problem. It seems that a certain winery is simply "not making" the style of wine he was used to drinking from them. Year after year the wine was, to his palate, "constantly rich, powerful, tannic and hot in the finish." The wines in recent vintages were not "up to snuff" and he was going to sit down and e-mail the winemaker about his new and errant ways. Once in a while, I hear this sort of criticism. Many people expect certain things from specific wineries and they are very disappointed when a long-enjoyed winery doesn't fulfill their needs. The fact of the matter is; wineries change focus, winemakers and vintages at an alarming rate. Entire winemaking regions, such as the Piedmont region in Northwestern Italy have entered into profound changes on how they view the wine drinking world and their part as winemakers in it. A new generation of winemaker is setting the tone in many established wineries and these changes are inevitable and occur day by day. Along with the change in winery practice, vineyard management and growing season, we, as human beings, change from moment to moment. What we perceive one moment may be altered and discarded the next moment. Emotional changes can alter, with alarming speed, palate sensors wherein a wine one tasted while content and happy may seem bitter and wacky when the taster is unhappy and upset. I experience this all the time as a commercial wine judge dealing with temperamental wine judges. The bottom line is that change in winemaking is happening all the time. The good news is that this change allows us to move on and experience new wines and wineries. Anyone who hangs on to a winery for past accomplishments is avoiding the vast and wonderful world of wine just begging to be experienced. See you soon! Lorn Razzano has been a commercial wine and spirits judge at state fairs in California, Oregon and Washington and is a co-founder KSOR wine tasting. He was on winery staffs of various Italian and French wineries in the 1970s, and has owned Ashland Wine Cellar since 1980. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams