WINE SHOW for PBS

[Thomas]

I don't know from working a con, but by the nature of the Australian pre-production stuff, I can already tell that the program will be rehashing the stuff that every major wine region and wine producer gets from rags like the Wine Spectator, et al.

I would love a program to travel off the well-worn and well-hyped beaten track to actually talk about wine, in its historical, cultural, and modern context, and not in its hyped advertising and promotion mode.

Hugh Johnson already did a fairly good program on wine that PBS ran years ago, and I have yet to see anyone do a better one.

I also wonder about "coveted Wine Spectator" awards; coveted by whom? Certainly not real wine people.