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. Bottle Shock wine art mastery, excellence geniuses
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. Bottle Shock wine enjoyment heritage awakening
— 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. Bottle Shock Steven Spurrier Bo Barrett Maurice (Spurrier's customer) wine Englishmen snobbery compliments
— One can't just decide to be a vintner, and then conveniently become one. There are dynasties at play. — That isn't true in California. — I rest my case. — You're a snob. — Am I? — It limits you. Bottle Shock Steven Spurrier Jim Barrett wine prejudices snobbery narrow-mindedness
— Why don't I like you? — Cause you think I'm an asshole. And I'm not really. I'm just British, and, well, you're not. Bottle Shock Jim Barrett Steven Spurrier Englishmen snobbery dignity overconfidence