One of my favorite wine traditionalists from anywhere, María José Lopez de Heredia, recently informed me at a tasting of her family's wines at Heart in La Mission, San Francisco, that The Wine Advocate's own Jay Miller will be in Rioja around the same time I will be. Might our paths cross? Is there a Baltimore wine reunion in the works here? I'm not sure what to make of this other than the fact that the wine industry is so fucking small, a fact proven to me over and over again the past six and a half years I have been involved in selling wine. In fact, there was a time when I used to sell wine to Jay Miller when he was part owner of a Baltimore wine shop.
It's a small world.
Um, did Jay dye his hair to match his shirt?
ReplyDeleteI will say, based on my handful of visits, that the selection at the Bmore shop you mention has gone downhill since his departure.
Could be, David. I have not been there in a long time, though I do recall that, back in the day, along with the usual Grateful Palate and other commercial staples, there was a good selection of Chadderdon stuff and other interesting bottles.
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