What’s the point of tasting so many other obscure ones? There are, maybe, five grapes on the list that most wine drinkers will recognize.That we went 26 for 26 (from 16 different sources!) is kind of miraculous and a testament to commitment and logistical sticktoitiveness. To put things into perspective, one of my other sessions had only 3 wines (6 total bottles), yet only one of those wines (2 bottles) actually made it to the seminar room. The over-under on how many A-Z grapes I’d actually procure AND get to the Festival was 18-20. They knew that with so many moving parts (we’re talking ten bottles of 26 wines, for 260 bottles total), it was highly likely that any number of letters/wines/bottles would fall through the cracks. The production team is comprised of first-rate professionals, but they’re also realists. What’s up with the last-minute bet you had going with the Festival staff?.Once it was green-lighted, it took every bit of 3 months to research the grapes and then hunt and gather the wines. How long have you been working on the Grapetionary event?.That he chimed in says something about how Grapetionary has tapped into the wine world zeitgeist of curiosity and exploration. Turns out he has a huge love for Tibouren and big ideas about it. started tweeting to me last week when I mentioned that Tibouren would be my T grape. Likewise, I use my wine books because the very tactile act of flipping a page better imprints that info onto my brain than digital pixels. It takes some discipline not to just click to the web, but I use – pretty much daily – a giant, 1928 dictionary that sits on a stand with a magnifying glass adjacent my desk. Do you really and truly use her encyclopedia-weight books? In what way?.She is the most important living wine writer, period. She wrote Wine Grapes and other titans in my wine reference library, The World Atlas of Wine and The Oxford Companion to Wine. It was deeply satisfying to return to Atlanta with something historic. I hold reverence for what the 404 brought into my life. I had my first meaningful wine – 1994 Nino Negro Sfursat 5 Stelle – not 5 blocks from whence A-Z took place. What was it about this Festival in Atlanta that made you want to do it here?.I specialize in bespoke events and I’ve created a number of engaging and unique wine happenings, but – according to the Master Somms and other professionals with whom I’ve spoken – Grapetionary is the first of its kind in the world. Have you ever done anything like it before?.Based on Jancis Robinson MW’s tome, Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours, I conceived a tasting event that would showcase one wine grape from each letter of the alphabet.
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Remember Julie & Julia, that book and movie whereby a food writer attempts to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s book? I wanted to attempt the wine version (sort of). How did you come up with it? What were you trying to show?.
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