Comments on: We Want to Believe http://www.insideiwm.com/2009/12/28/we-want-to-believe/ The Inside Story from Italian Wine Merchants Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank Sansotta http://www.insideiwm.com/2009/12/28/we-want-to-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Frank Sansotta Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:09 +0000 http://www.insideiwm.com/?p=400#comment-66 I cannot agree with Christy more. I think it’s extremely important that anyone interested in wine develop a palate of their own and use those critics as a general guideline but not as the Holy Grail! I cannot agree with Christy more. I think it’s extremely important that anyone interested in wine develop a palate of their own and use those critics as a general guideline but not as the Holy Grail!

]]> By: Melissa Sutherland http://www.insideiwm.com/2009/12/28/we-want-to-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Melissa Sutherland Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:00:58 +0000 http://www.insideiwm.com/?p=400#comment-65 Christy -- As I was reading your piece, I was reminded of an article in yesterday's NYTs: "Bloggers Crash Fashion’s Front Row" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/fashion/27BLOGGERS.html?_r=1&ref=style Specifically, the piece cites "Web Wunderkind" Tavi Gevinson, a 13-year old blogger. She's been described as "curious and discerning" by established fashion experts yet her arrival alarms others. Certainly there are tensions between old media and new media, but I wonder if this is simply necessary for the process of stripping away unnecessary binary silos of analog/digital, old/new. My hope is that producers and creators in all fields -- wine, fashion, art -- see this as an optimal moment of collaboration and commitment to contribute to a field or domain of study. Now I need to get back to adjusting my signal to noise ratio... Christy — As I was reading your piece, I was reminded of an article in yesterday’s NYTs: “Bloggers Crash Fashion’s Front Row” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/fashion/27BLOGGERS.html?_r=1&ref=style

Specifically, the piece cites “Web Wunderkind” Tavi Gevinson, a 13-year old blogger. She’s been described as “curious and discerning” by established fashion experts yet her arrival alarms others. Certainly there are tensions between old media and new media, but I wonder if this is simply necessary for the process of stripping away unnecessary binary silos of analog/digital, old/new. My hope is that producers and creators in all fields — wine, fashion, art — see this as an optimal moment of collaboration and commitment to contribute to a field or domain of study. Now I need to get back to adjusting my signal to noise ratio…

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