Kermit Lynch > Quotes

“Isak Dinesen went so far as to say, “There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.”
― Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

“His disdain for the contagious fad of blind and comparative tastings of unrelated wines will surely rub some furs the wrong way, as will his indifference to the New-Oak-Cabernet-Sauvignon global boom. Tant mieux …”
― Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

“Brillat-Savarin noted two features that distinguish man from beast: 1. Fear of the future. 2. Desire for fermented liquors.”
― Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

“Deciding whether to serve a Mâcon blanc or a Meursault is not a question of which is the best wine. It is an exercise in forming the most appropriate alliance between the wine and the plate it will accompany, or the environment in which it will be served.”
― Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

“It is true, monsieur! At a certain age your sight comes back, rejuvenated.”
― Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

“Père Loyau was born on August 26, 1896, nine decades ago. He is mystified that his son, who ran a tabac in Tours, retired before he has. Loyau is five foot four, wiry (I saw him lift two full cases of Vouvray at the same time), white-haired, and invariably appears in a dapper, tightly knotted necktie. His cave is indeed a cave in the hillside: chalk walls, dirt floor, stone-cold. Once I met another old fellow, an octogenarian, who had worked all his life under refrigeration in a meat-packing plant, and like Loyau he had a delicate, rosy, remarkably wrinkle-free complexion. Is the icy cave also responsible for Loyau’s incredible exuberance? Let us hope the wine of Vouvray contributed something, because we can all lay our hands on some of that.”
― Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France