Alice Feiring

Alice Feiring is an American journalist and author, for several years a wine and travel columnist for "Time" magazine,Cite web|last= Butts |first= Mickey, "Food & Wine" | url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/seven-best-wine-blogs |title=Seven Best Wine Blogs | date= October, 2005 ] and known as an advocate for "natural wine".cite web|last= Feiring |first= Alice, "Time" |title= Au Naturel |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1226141,00.html |date= August 13, 2006 ] In addition to contributions to publications such as "The New York Times", "New York Magazine", "San Francisco Chronicle", "LA Times", "Condé Nast Traveler" and "Forbes Traveler", her blog "Veritas in Vino" is considered among America's leading wine blogs,Cite web|last= Marcus |first= Lawrence, "Food & Wine" | url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/niche-wine-blogs |title=Niche Wine Blogs | date= October, 2005 ] and her voice described by Mike Steinberger as part of a new wave of "real flowering of high-quality wine journalism".cite web|last= Steinberger |first= Mike, "The World of Fine Wine" |title= Everyone a Critic. The Future of Wine Writing |url= http://www.finewinemag.com/docs/SteinbergerWineWriting.pdf |date= March, 2008 ]

Her book published in May 2008,cite web|last="Publishers Weekly" |title= Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 3/24/2008 |url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6543725.html |March 24, 2008 ] "The Battle for Wine and Love: Or How I Saved the World from Parkerization", described as "an opinionated look at the fight to preserve authenticity and diversity in wine", due to its perceived "declaration of war" against critic Robert Parker found some controversy well before its date of release.cite web| last= Johnson |first= Richard, "New York Post" |title= Critic Blamed for 'Raspy' Wine |url= http://www.nypost.com/seven/02132008/gossip/pagesix/critic_blamed_for_raspy_wine_97364.htm |date= February 13, 2008 ] cite web| last= Hellman |first= Peter, "The New York Sun" |title= A Fresh Take on the Fight Against 'Parkerization' |url= http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TllTLzIwMDgvMDUvMDcjQXIwMTgwMQ=&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom=%22new%22 |date= May 7, 2008 ] Reviewing the book, Eric Asimov later wrote, "Ms. Feiring is an uncompromising judge of wine and people who can no more stomach a lover’s preference for a wine she abhors than she can the presence of a microwave in her kitchen."cite web|last= Asimov |first= Eric, "The New York Times" |title= Good Wine Reading With Mellow Aftertaste |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/dining/reviews/21pour.html |date= May 21, 2008]

Feiring's critical statements against California wine as "overblown, over-alcoholed, over-oaked, overpriced and over-manipulated"cite web|last= Feiring |first= Alice, "LA Times" |title= California wine? Down the drain |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/05/opinion/oe-feiring5 |date= May 5, 2008] have also sparked controversy.cite web|last= Gordon |first= Jim, "Wine Enthusiast" |title= What’s Behind the California Wine Bashing? |url= http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2008/05/08/whats-behind-the-california-wine-bashing/ |date= May 8, 2008] cite web|last= DeBord |first= Matthew, "LA Times" |title= Terroir-izing California wine |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-debord12-2008may12,0,6289192.story |date= May 12, 2008]

ee also

*List of wine personalities

References

* [http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookCatalogs/bookpages/9780151012862.asp Alice Feiring profile] Harcourtbooks.com;Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.alicefeiring.com/ "Veritas In Vino" - Appellation Feiring blog]