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I have enjoyed wines from Uruguay in the past and I'm delighted to see this one featured here, but I've got to say:

Uruguay had plenty going on the the cultural and linguistic departments before the Spanish showed up and took over.

Saying Uruguay "owes" anything to the Spanish is pretty offensive to the folks whose families have been living there for a long, long time.

I like the "literate and peaceful" tone of THE KITCHEN blog and all the friendly non-polemical postings, but I have to say that when I read the above quoted phrase referring to South American nations, I couldn't help but think of the 650,000 dead in Iraq as just reported in Lancet (and widely commented on in the media) and feel rather sad that this way of thinking continues....
But I will try the wine! Thanks for the tip!!

I'll pick one up on my way home tonight. Thanks

Sorry to offend you Darner but it is in fact true that the Spaniards introduced winemaking to South America, I should have restructured that sentence to make this clearer.

Culture and language existed in the 'Americas' before the Europeans, so to say we owe them something is wrong.

Hey, didn’t we celebrate Columbus Day this week? And didn’t we learn from fourth grade Social Studies class that nothing but savages existed here before Columbus arrived. (Am I right, Jenny?) So now those savages owe us a little appreciation for introducing them to culture and the art of winemaking, especially those literate Uruguayans. Now let’s drink a bottle of Uruguayan wine to Columbus for his good work

Jenny and Chris Phillip should commiserate together. Did you read that McDonald’s posting? A good bottle of Uruguayan wine might do the trick.

Geez you guys, I apologize for my mistake! However through my research (believe it or not, I did read up on Uruguay before writing this post), I learned that Uruguay was mainly uninhabited before the Spanish invasion and that Spanish is their primary language these days.

These facts led me to believe that the Spaniards had a significant influence on their current culture.

I wish that there was a more significant Native American influence on our own culture, sadly we all know that the British influence nearly stamped out the lovely society that existed here before us.

The fact that we live in a world where cultures can be erased so easily upsets me, however my post about wine is just a small thought about a bottle of wine. I am not trying to voice my political views here.

It would be preferable to keep the reviews to the wines themselves. Words like 'discovered' are offensive to some of us.
The Uruguayan tannat is good.

The culture of wine is important, so I for one appreciate that element of the reviews.

Learning to unravel our own racism is a process for all folks with class- or skin-based privilege.

If a wine review is where it comes out, that is just as important to examine as any other context.

As members of a dominant, oppressive culture, we are responsible in many tiny and many huge ways for supporting (often through non-challenge) the destructive mindset of white supremacy.

That mindset manifests itself as the idea that whites can “discover” the places where people of color live and as the idea that whites enrich the lives of indigenous people by doing so.

I thought the tannat was good, too. Having tried it last night, I plan to serve it this weekend.

Thanks for the tip! I really appreciate your posts, Jenny.

Hey Jenny, I just wanted to ruffle your feathers yesterday when I wrote the two anonymous pieces. I really did not take offence to what you wrote; I simply wanted to enter the fray. It seemed like fun at the time. Darner has said there was a slight tone of superiority in what you wrote, but in Darner’s self-righteous rant he refers to me/my kind as “colored.” (What color are we Darner?)

Let’s keep this about the food and the wine, please.

Darner listen to your self!

"As members of a DOMINANT. . . culture, we are responsible in many tiny and many huge ways for supporting the destructive mindset of white supremacy."

That was the mindset of the colonialist/ the missionaries. Get of your high horse.

So . . . did anybody try/like the wine?

It's good to have a healthy political debate friends.

Yes, did anyone try the wine? Way to be on top of things Pierre ;)

Great wine, thanks for the tip !
I found it at Scotto's Wine Cellars on Court Street in Bkl.
They also carry a Syrah & a Cab from the same winery. A lot of spice in the Syrah and what a great price !