Hi Doug, listers & listesses , -
in this context I would like to suggest /Domaine Du Météore/ from the
Languedoc, France. It is far from being proven, but the grapes are at
least cultivated in a crater, of which origin ever:
http://languedocwinetales.blogspot.de/2010/10/meteoric-faugeres.html
I know the different sorts of red wine of this domaine, they are superb
and the price is well appropriate.
And no, I am not the owner nor a relative or friend nor a shareholder
(unfortunately).
Best regards
Matthias
Am 22.08.2016 um 04:55 schrieb MexicoDoug via Meteorite-list:
"Barry Schuler's Meteor"
OK, I aslo had been hearing about this ... let me share what a quick check up
on it yielded: Nothing meteoric about this besides a 5 cent label (Does the
owner collect meteorites? I dunno).
Looks to me like the "meteor" name was was inspired from the company Medior,
Inc. in the 1990's. Mr. Schuler went bankrupt with his prior Internet bubble company.
Not content with that, Medior was incorporated as a company that took its name from
adding *media* content ... mainly to Apple and AOL as it turned out. Eventually AOL took
it over and with him in management worked through inflating valuations until they could
take over Time-Warner in the world's most lopsided, poorly made merger imaginable.
At that time AOL (which included Medior attempting to "develop AOL further) was
widely hated by almost everyone on the Internet due to their marketing and billing
practices. When AOL crashed and burned, the owner's golden parachute and his 1990's
sweet dream in life was to make it big and retire in a vineyard with his business
partner he married then. The first commercial single-origin bottles (vs sold to
blenders) were produced in 2005 and and more quantities in 2006. Since 2013, the
2006 is supposed to be entering its prime, which should continue another 8 years or
so. Since the price has been edging down it looks like it is not doing as well as
they hoped.
Anyway, the meteor business is purely a marketing label, unless you consider
all the river rocks (could be viewed as meteor-wrongs!) that were scattered
throughout the vineyard, there is nothing interesting here.
From the folks who brought you AOL, and made you hate it, over $100 per bottle shipped
(at 59% off "list" today only), the only meteoric thing I can find to review
about this wine is its price ... *gulp* (gulps on sale are $10 ea.)...
That said, if you think it tastes good, that would be thanks to the couple
working the land that put their heart and soul into administering the place and
I wish them well as all hard-working American farmers! Disclaimer: Never
tasted it, and probably never will.
I predict that wine futures of this beverage will crash and burn in its time
... like any good meteor, after the lights go out, just like AOL which
incidentally is currently an excellent service for economical email under new
management that is no longer looking at creating a modern-day tulipmania and
cashing in before brick and mortar folk have time to mull over what's happening
:-)
Kindest wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Mendy Ouzillou via Meteorite-list <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sun, Aug 21, 2016 11:02 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] FW: Incredible Wine Alert: Barry Schuler's Meteor
A little while back, someone was asking about bottles of wine from this winery. I can't
remember who was asking, so here is a link for 59% off this very expensive wine. This offer is
only good for today and no, I won’t be buying any. :-)Mendy
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