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The second look
Has Tim Atkin MW finally acquired a sense of humour and become a satirist? Surely he cannot have meant what he wrote, as quoted in Harpers (16 December 2005, p.10), that of the 10,000 wines he reckons to taste in a year, only 500 are worth a second look? What a crippling critical burden for a man to carry; one that would, if its claimant cared to reflect a moment longer and his editor to read what his wine correspondent has written, surely disqualify him from being a consumer wine writer of any value whatsoever – except, perhaps, to the editors of those fatuously hoity-toity mags that clutter up Harley Street consultants’ waiting rooms. Is it conceivable that 95% of Tim’s tasting wines are not worth re-evaluation? If so, the matter begs several more questions that must nag at anyone who thinks about this for more than 30 seconds. ...
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