History of Riesling

[Thomas]

Well, you can't ridicule me for an opinion--I haven't any....

First a story: here in wine country ask a tasting room staff member which wine sells best and the answer is Riesling. Why is that? Because when people taste it, they discover it, even the ones who came looking for Chardonnay--granted, the Chardonnays here are mostly un-oaked or treated minimally with oak.

Randy, you do live in a different world. You talk of the experience in your restaurants as if it accounts for the complete wine-consuming country. When people are in your restaurant they are there because they made a decision to go there for whatever reason. In that, they are a captive and responsive audience. When I refer to wine consumption--or the relative lack thereof--I speak of the many people who walk this earth and have never seen one of your restaurants; in other words, the majority. Perspective, my man, perspective.

Also, so much Chardonnay sold in a restaurant with an Asian bent?