Raise a Glass in Memory of Gene Ford

I just learned that Gene Ford, an indefatigable opponent of neoprohibitionism, died last week at the age of 77. As a wine writer, book author, and magazine publisher, Ford steadfastly resisted black-and-white thinking about alcohol, promoted an ethic of true temperance, and spread the word about the health benefits of moderate drinking well before they were widely recognized.

[Link by way of The Wine Commonsewer.]

Comments

[TWC]

Thanks man, I appreciate the link.

Ford was a good guy because he countered the ever growing hype that alcohol is no different than any street drug and that every drinker is teetering on the edge of the abyss of drunken oblivion.

Now, if you all will excuse me, I need a drink.

[Ken Shultz]

I was trying to think of a good example, last week, as to why the balance of trade between two countries is a lark when used as a measure for the health of our economy, and I couldn't think of a really good on the spot. ...But now that I think of it, TWC makes a great example, I think.

The old school example always used somebody's mom and the local grocery store, but the example of TWC and a wine merchant is probably much better.

...That is, the balance of trade between TWC and his favorite wine merchant is probably all one way; but, that, by no means, indicates how TWC is doing economically. Indeed, I suspect that the better TWC is doing economically, the worse his balance of trade with the wine merchant gets.