The Meaning of Is Is

Posted 03/28/2008 at 10:23 PM by Ben

Lately, I've been worrying that new owners of Napa's Stags Leap Wine Cellars will change the style in order to curry favor with the big kahuna wine critics. I might find this latest statement from Jeff McBride, the new general manager, reassuring, except that I can't make heads or tails of it:

“The wines have not slipped... but I don’t think that these wines speak to some of the critical analysis that they’ve received, as something you want to be proud of...however, the most important mission is to take away those evaluations over time, so that those evaluations will never occur again... It’s not that I condone or admire the critical analysis, but I do pay heed to it. We can’t work in a vacuum.”

Okay, let me see if I get it: The wines have been great, but the fact the critics didn't like them is nothing to be proud of, so while we are definitely still very proud of them, we do need to be sure they don't get any more critical evaluations, because even though we don't pay attention to the critics, we have to pay attention to the critics.

Hmmm... I guess it depends on what the meaning of is is.

http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-review/549/Stags-Leap-McBride.html

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