I take your sardonic tone Tom; and I enjoyed the read of a wine writer.
What we need are wine "journalists". I put quotes around that word as a point of emphasis.
We need wine journalists because we need them to cover the industry -- as any journalist would. In this arena, we need journalists to tell the world, and to hold this industry accountable in its agricultural, climate, business, political, and technical endeavors.
Oh, and did I mention the exigencies of its romantic and historical perspectives wine has contributed to society?
Tom- as a former *just 'retired') Panel Chair Examiner (different paper than the one this question comes from for many years, We always love to see a candidate take a contrary position and argue it well. I l love that you took this question as a point of departure. Questions like these on the Exam definitely elicit a wonderful range of answers. Your mock answer, however, would only garner a C grade. Why? Mainly, you need to show proof of argument with good examples to demonstrate your POV. Too, given that this question is part of paper that allows 90 minutes/question to answer, you simply would need to bring in more discussion, argument, and proof. You could enhance the discussion with consideration, for example, with Cinema critics, art critics etc. And, there is certainly need to consider that consumers are insecure and need guidance, but do wine writers do that? Agree with Alan, sardonic/cynical is not a bad approach-- but ya need to prove it...just sayin' Joel
I take your sardonic tone Tom; and I enjoyed the read of a wine writer.
What we need are wine "journalists". I put quotes around that word as a point of emphasis.
We need wine journalists because we need them to cover the industry -- as any journalist would. In this arena, we need journalists to tell the world, and to hold this industry accountable in its agricultural, climate, business, political, and technical endeavors.
Oh, and did I mention the exigencies of its romantic and historical perspectives wine has contributed to society?
Tom- as a former *just 'retired') Panel Chair Examiner (different paper than the one this question comes from for many years, We always love to see a candidate take a contrary position and argue it well. I l love that you took this question as a point of departure. Questions like these on the Exam definitely elicit a wonderful range of answers. Your mock answer, however, would only garner a C grade. Why? Mainly, you need to show proof of argument with good examples to demonstrate your POV. Too, given that this question is part of paper that allows 90 minutes/question to answer, you simply would need to bring in more discussion, argument, and proof. You could enhance the discussion with consideration, for example, with Cinema critics, art critics etc. And, there is certainly need to consider that consumers are insecure and need guidance, but do wine writers do that? Agree with Alan, sardonic/cynical is not a bad approach-- but ya need to prove it...just sayin' Joel