JimmyV
Central Connecticut
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5095
 | | 07/18/2008 1:34 PM |
| | First he sells out his winery, Merus. Next, he is out at Buccella, replaced by Celia. Now he is out at Harris, replaced by Thomas Brown. Not that these moves are downgrades, mind you. But not too long ago, Mark Herold was a rising star in Napa and was at the helm of many 95 pt wines. Has he moved on to other projects that I haven't heard about and should investigate, or is he simply out of favor with winery owners? Anybody know? | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:662
| | 07/18/2008 5:57 PM |
| I believe I had heard (maybe even here?) that the demise of Merus had more to with personal reasons than anything else......as for the other projects......?
One thing is for sure - TB is hot right now! | | | |
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Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2889
| | 07/18/2008 11:37 PM |
| | TB and Celia are hot right now. Red hot. I never bought Herold's other projects (word to the wise, be sure never to use his first name), but I think that his Merus wines were surprisingly good. That is one drop that I might regret. | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts:12467
| | 07/19/2008 12:12 AM |
| Don't know any of that (personal stuff). But, re Merus, I loved the wine. But, he over priced it big time after the 01 release. I dropped. Ditto, the Harris wines. I had the pleasure of meeting them a couple of times, but the wines in all honesty were over priced.
Re, Thomas: Met him a couple of times also. Buy most of the wines he makes. As long as the wine is worth the price of admission (for my taste), I will buy it makes no difference to me if Thomas makes it or Mark Herold. Fact is or was that most the wines he was making, in my opinion were not worth the price. | | | |
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DJ Hombre
Napa Valley, California
Barrel Filler
Posts:1366
| | 07/19/2008 11:49 AM |
| | who is "Celia"? | | | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:662
| | 07/19/2008 11:52 AM |
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| Celia Masyczek of Corra and Scarecrow fame. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4852
| | 07/21/2008 5:37 AM |
| | without a winery - i.e. Merus - he couldn't take care of custom crush clients, so they needed new homes. | | | |
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JimmyV
Central Connecticut
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5095
| | 07/21/2008 10:11 AM |
| | Makes sense. But you would have thought that he would have anticipated that before inking the sale of Merus. | |
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j1mmy
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:36
| | 07/21/2008 9:53 PM |
| Posted By Bob Bressler on 07/21/2008 5:37 AM
without a winery - i.e. Merus - he couldn't take care of custom crush clients, so they needed new homes.
Hi naive but genuine question... what does this mean? Sorry for asking but I sense this is one of these moments where I can learn something new about wine production. TIA! | | | |
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Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Sorter
Posts:398
| | 07/22/2008 12:10 AM |
| | Bob's suggesting that he's dropping his role as winemaker for other labels because he doesn't have production facilities any more to make those wines, so they need to go somewhere (to a suitable winemaker) who does. | | | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:662
| | 07/22/2008 12:52 AM |
| Posted By JimmyV on 07/21/2008 10:11 AM
Makes sense. But you would have thought that he would have anticipated that before inking the sale of Merus.
Agreed. Seems like there may be more to this story.....but either way, something tells me he'll rebound nicely.
And who does he still make wine for or consult with? I know he's still at Kamen in Sonoma.....(I think)
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j1mmy
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:36
| | 07/22/2008 8:18 AM |
| Posted By Seamus Campbell on 07/22/2008 12:10 AM
Bob's suggesting that he's dropping his role as winemaker for other labels because he doesn't have production facilities any more to make those wines, so they need to go somewhere (to a suitable winemaker) who does.
Ah, thank you.
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