JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
wine differences glasses
The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine is profound. I cannot emphasize enough what a difference they make.
guy kind
I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy.
moving wine kids
A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions. The textures. The flavors. The smells. They just jump out at me. I can taste with a hundred screaming kids in a room. When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine.
common-sense guy common
I'm a common-sense kind of guy.
dangerous
Fettuccine Alfredo is dangerous for your health.
firsts bordeaux professors
The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.
believe responsibility expression
I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and purest expression of that vineyard, of the grape varietal or blend, and of the vintage.
wine greatness santa-barbara
No viticultural region in America has demonstrated as much progress in quality and potential for greatness as... the Santa Barbara region, where the Burgundian varietals Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are planted in its cooler climates.
wine relative-value personality
Scores do not reveal the most important facts about a wine. The written commentary (tasting notes) that accompanies the ratings is a better source of information than any score regarding the wine's style and personality, its quality level relative to its peers, and its relative value and aging potential.
men pleasure sane
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
wine thinking vintage
Wine to me is something that brings people together. Wine does promote conversation and promote civility, but it's also fascinating. It's the greatest subject to study. No matter how much you learn, every vintage is going to come at you with different factors that make you have to think again.
life-is moments enjoy
Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing.
anything-worth-doing
I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively.
strong army people
I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.