Emile Peynaud dies at 92

[Craig Camp]

Over a career spanning 46 years, Peynaud wrote nearly 300 scientific articles as well as books on tasting and oenology. He played a key role in influencing winemaking practices in Bordeaux for several decades.

[Gifted Gourmet]

article from Slate

In one especially delicious passage, he skewers the pretensions of his compatriots. "If you are French," he writes, "you are possibly an advocate of drinking in quantity with traditional Rabelaisian extravagance, but statistically you are not a connoisseur. Remember, 60 percent of the best French wines are exported ... it is well known in the wine trade that as a Frenchman your general knowledge of wine is below average and that you are a provincial drinker."

I found the Slate article utterly fascinating on this exceptional man!

[Schneier]

I also thought that Slate ran an excellent obit. (I was going to post it here, until I found that you beat me to it.)

Bruce

[LindaJ]

I like the way that Mike Steinberger guy writes. I always enjoy his articles at Slate. Anyone know him who can bribe him into coming here and posting?