On Aug 30, 10:38 am, AxisOfBeagles > wrote:
> Pardon my saying so, but this kind of attitude is every bit as
> pretentious as that which some of you seem to be deploring. To suggest
> that those who read a magazine are being pretentious, is in and of
> itself pretentious.
>
> Personally, I don't buy WS, but do read it on occassion if it's lying
> around somewhere. I don't pay for it because I disapprove of it, or
> it's readership, but simply because it provides too little value for a
> rather hefty price. Pretty simple consumer economics.
>
> But I'm surprised at the negativity towards the magazine here. It may
> not represent everyone's feeling towards wine or the wine industry,
> but it obvioulsy has appeal to a wide audience - ergo it's circulation
> numbers - and from the little of it I have seen, it has some good
> content (despite the reliance on reviews). Wasn't it WS that ran some
> pointed articles calling out specific wineries for practices in the
> winery that created increased incidence of TCA contamination? And I
> seem to recall more than one instance of WS being quoted in calling
> out CA wineries for pricing practices - and touting lesser knwon
> regions for providing better value - a recurring theme amongst many of
> us wine geeks.
>
> I'm not advocating for WS - but I think that the "anti WS' attitude,
> when taken to such levels of attitude, is in and of itself trendy and
> insubstantial.
>
> In article . com>
>
> > wrote:
> > Those magazines are for people with more money than sense (you know,
> > young urban professionals who want to make an impression in
> > society).Makes me want to puke.
>
> --
> I'm using an evaluation license of nemo since 96 days.
> You should really try it!http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
WS is a joke. What value it has is mostly to wine shops who can use it
to sell lesser-known wines that may have some merit. The ads, though,
of course, are all from the big distributors. What good information WS
may contain is available in many books. Ratings are utterly worthless.
I have no reason to trust them whatsoever. Insofar as WS presents
itself as a source of ratings, therein I despise it. I despise the
very concept of ratings.