Brad Prescott

Brad Prescott is the Owner and Managing Editor of IntoWine.com.

What I think...

A fair restaurant corkage fee is: 

$10-$15

My wine travels have taken me to the following wine regions: 

Napa, Sonoma, Mendoza Argentina, most the NorCal regions.

What I think of the movie Sideways: 

It was average at best. Not worthy of an Oscar by any means.

My "wish list" of wines I want to acquire soon: 

MacPhail Pinot, Tandem Pinot, Susana Balbo Malbec, Carol Shelton Zinfandel

My biggest wine pet peeve: 

People who pretend to know wine by dropping names or by using elaborate tasting descriptions. It's Ok to just say "I like it".

A tell-tale sign of a wine snob is: 

1) Using elaborate tasting descriptions (ex: "A hint of vanilla and tobacco") around people who aren't equally versed. 2) "Name dropping" of producers. 3)Dismissing any wine due to price

The wine region I most want to visit: 

Tuscany

The people with whom I most often enjoy wine: 

Karen Cassel, Gez Brady, Sian Brady, Lori Janjigian, Mark Fisher, Dawn Gulino, Rebecca Allison

The best wines I have ever tasted: 

MacPhail Pinot Noir, Tandem Pinot Noir, and many italian/french wines the names of which now escape me.

My dream wine to one day taste or own: 

One bottle of Screaming Eagle..... just to say I have one. Really any of the impossible to afford or even find wines.

My favorite wine quote: 

Bessie Braddock, a well-known socialist in England, attended a dinner party at which she was seated next to Winston Churchill who had had quite a bit to drink. She said to him, “Winston, you are drunk!” He replied, “Madame, I may be drunk, but you are ugly, and tomorrow I will be sober.”

The last wine I had that I absolutely loved: 

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand. It is like $10 a bottle and just delicious. I do not usually favor whites but this I love. What a pleasure to find a good inexpensive wine.

My thoughts on the 100 point rating scale made famous by Robert Parker and emulated by seemingly everyone: 

He has guided many people to wine who otherwise may not have. Deserves a ton of credit. He should reinvent himself before his own scoring system turns and backfires on him.

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Blog: http://www.intowine.com/blog/2
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First Name: Brad
Last Name: Prescott