Fine piece Rupert. I would throw this overarching topic into the ring. Write more about “why wine matters.” There are a nearly unlimited number of lenses through which to view this fundamentally important topic. At the risk of being incredibly self-serving, it is the foundation that most of my writing (as a winemaker) seeks to illuminate.
I’m terribly late to commenting here. But it’s brilliant. Thank you for writing this. I should say that you belong to the tradition of “show don’t tell” by embodying your own guidance in your writing
First of all you need to be a good writer.As a minimum that means reading a lot of good writing.Someone who is inspirational - like the late,great Clive James -who for a decade was the TV critic of the Observer.His pieces combined great humour,a sharp intellect and well-turned punchy short sentences.This was a man who translated Dante’s Inferno ,but put the same craft and effort into his weekly TV piece.
Or someone like Richmal Crompton who had her teaching career cut short by polio and yet was a hugely successful author of the 38 Just William books for nearly forty years.Never married,never had children ,but imagined an inspired world filled with William Brown and his gang- the Outlaws.
Far too many wine communicators have little knowledge of Science and it shows in their writing.They cannot question some of the very poor “science” quoted by the anti alcohol brigade.
Fine piece Rupert. I would throw this overarching topic into the ring. Write more about “why wine matters.” There are a nearly unlimited number of lenses through which to view this fundamentally important topic. At the risk of being incredibly self-serving, it is the foundation that most of my writing (as a winemaker) seeks to illuminate.
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I’m terribly late to commenting here. But it’s brilliant. Thank you for writing this. I should say that you belong to the tradition of “show don’t tell” by embodying your own guidance in your writing
Thanks, Joe!
Great read!
People, places, story telling. No mention at all about wine, how it tastes and whether you like it?
First of all you need to be a good writer.As a minimum that means reading a lot of good writing.Someone who is inspirational - like the late,great Clive James -who for a decade was the TV critic of the Observer.His pieces combined great humour,a sharp intellect and well-turned punchy short sentences.This was a man who translated Dante’s Inferno ,but put the same craft and effort into his weekly TV piece.
Or someone like Richmal Crompton who had her teaching career cut short by polio and yet was a hugely successful author of the 38 Just William books for nearly forty years.Never married,never had children ,but imagined an inspired world filled with William Brown and his gang- the Outlaws.
Far too many wine communicators have little knowledge of Science and it shows in their writing.They cannot question some of the very poor “science” quoted by the anti alcohol brigade.