August 8, 2025

Which of the following wine events happened in 1972?

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The Swing is the Thing

“…it is always good to question the terminology of our enthusiasms. We can say that wine is essentially female because it comes from the earth, and we don’t say ‘father earth.’ The best things are females, including females, and allowing such characterization energizes our imaginations in ways not possible with other terminology. Blatant, loud-mouthed, bad wines are, of course, male.”

—Jim Harrison (1937-2016), novelist

“…it is always good to question the terminology of our enthusiasms. We can say that wine is essentially female because it comes from the earth, and we don’t say ‘father earth.’ The best things are females, including females, and allowing such characterization energizes our imaginations in ways not possible with other terminology. Blatant, loud-mouthed, bad wines are, of course, male.”

—Jim Harrison (1937-2016), novelist

Which of the following wine events happened in 1972? To access this content, you must log in or Subscribe to WineSpeed to view.

Which of the following wine events happened in 1972?

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