Tuesday, April 05, 2011
A million wine critics are out of work...
Every few years there's an attempt to bring wine to television. People think that if there's such an interest in food shows, there should be an audience for a show that celebrates wine. So far, they're all wrong. They all start with a bang and end with a whimper. I think the problem is that wine all looks pretty much the same on TV. It's either red or it's white. All the nuance, the stuff that makes people interested in it in the first place, gets flattened out.
The next show to fail miserably in this futile endeavor is called Vine Talk, premiering this week on PBS with the charming Stanley Tucci serving as host.
The website shows a group of people whose faces you recognize, but whose names you can't quite place laughing it up. (That's John Lithgow, but who's the other guy?) Laughing and laughing. And you will too when chef Daniel Boulud picks the cheapest wine in a blind tasting!
See the hilarious hi-jinks for yourself @ www.vinetalk.com
