It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
Director of the competition.

This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
participate.

On Mar 27, 11:24 pm, "bfson" > wrote:
> It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
> judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
> or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
> One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
> those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
> coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
> host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
> wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
> competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
> wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
> inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
> 10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
> interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
> Director of the competition.
>
> This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
> knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
> be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
> participate.


The missing letters from the address are "er2"

so the first part is rfoster2

On Mar 28, 2:24 am, "bfson" > wrote:
> It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
> judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
> or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
> One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
> those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
> coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
> host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
> wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
> competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
> wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
> inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
> 10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
> interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
> Director of the competition.
>
> This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
> knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
> be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
> participate.


I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine. Wine is
for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.

"Joe \"Beppe\"Rosenberg" > wrote:

>> I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine.
>> Wine is for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.

> do you have that mantra tattooed on your privates?

I bet he has! ;-)

M.

do you have that mantra tattooed on your privates?
"UC" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> On Mar 28, 2:24 am, "bfson" > wrote:
> > It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
> > judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
> > or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
> > One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
> > those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
> > coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
> > host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
> > wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
> > competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
> > wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
> > inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
> > 10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
> > interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
> > Director of the competition.
> >
> > This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
> > knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
> > be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
> > participate.
>
>
> I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine. Wine is
> for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.
>

On Mar 28, 2:24 am, "bfson" > wrote:
> It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
> judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
> or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
> One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
> those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
> coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
> host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
> wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
> competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
> wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
> inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
> 10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
> interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
> Director of the competition.
>
> This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
> knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
> be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
> participate.

There's something wrong with you people. Don't you understand that
wine is a beverage to be consumed with a meal? Stop this nonsense
before it starts.

That's a very interesting offer, Bob. Thanks for posting it. I'm
tempted, but I think that my wife would kill me if I actually did it ;-)

Mark Lipton

UC wrote:
>
>
> I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine. Wine is
> for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.

I find your obsession with objecting to the judging of wine wryly amusing
seeing as you come from a country obsessed with judging BBQ food

Food is for eating - why judge it!

pk

On Mar 28, 12:48 pm, "p.k." > wrote:
> UC wrote:
>
> > I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine. Wine is
> > for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.
>
> I find your obsession with objecting to the judging of wine wryly amusing
> seeing as you come from a country obsessed with judging BBQ food
>
> Food is for eating - why judge it!
>
> pk

I agree. Americans are obsessed with judging and rating everything.
It's sickening.

On Mar 28, 10:11?am, "Joe \"Beppe\"Rosenberg" >
wrote:
> do you have that mantra tattooed on your privates?"UC" > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Mar 28, 2:24 am, "bfson" > wrote:
> > > It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
> > > judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
> > > or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
> > > One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
> > > those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
> > > coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
> > > host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
> > > wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
> > > competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
> > > wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
> > > inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
> > > 10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
> > > interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
> > > Director of the competition.
>
> > > This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
> > > knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
> > > be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
> > > participate.
>
> > I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine. Wine is
> > for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

If it weren't for judging there would be no ratings and if it weren't
for ratings consumers would be faced with constantly buying a "pig in
a poke" so while we may lament the "Parkerization" of wines he did
bring a new level of information to the consumer that really wasn't
readily available before in any mass media. IIRC, WS and The Advocate
began ratings about the same general time.

On Mar 28, 1:52 pm, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> On Mar 28, 10:11?am, "Joe \"Beppe\"Rosenberg" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > do you have that mantra tattooed on your privates?"UC" > wrote in message
>
> roups.com...
>
> > > On Mar 28, 2:24 am, "bfson" > wrote:
> > > > It is very hard to break into the ranks of the professional wine
> > > > judges. There are very few opportunities for someone who is not an MS
> > > > or MW or some kind of industry person to get into the cadre of judges.
> > > > One of the few ways is to take and pass a judge's qualifying exam but
> > > > those are only seldom held. If you live in the mid-west an opening is
> > > > coming. In July the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will
> > > > host the Mid-American Wine Competition. It will be open only to the
> > > > wineries of the mid-west. If you want to try to be a judge for this
> > > > competition (most of the other judges are big name regulars on the
> > > > wine judging circuit like Doug Frost and Dr. Richard Peterson) you are
> > > > inivted to take the local judges qualifying exam which will be held at
> > > > 10 am on April 28, 2007 at the DMACC campus in Ankeny, Iowa. If
> > > > interested please send me an e mail at . I'm the
> > > > Director of the competition.
>
> > > > This is a test of tasting ability and consistency not esoteric wine
> > > > knowledge. You will not be asked to name every AVA in Iowa. You will
> > > > be asked to taste and score several wines. There is no charge to
> > > > participate.
>
> > > I have no interest whatsoever in this insanity. I DRINK wine. Wine is
> > > for DRINKING, with food, not for 'judging'.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> If it weren't for judging there would be no ratings and if it weren't
> for ratings consumers would be faced with constantly buying a "pig in
> a poke" so while we may lament the "Parkerization" of wines he did
> bring a new level of information to the consumer that really wasn't
> readily available before in any mass media. IIRC, WS and The Advocate
> began ratings about the same general time.


It's not that simple and you know it.