Biodynamics and Classic Japanese Cars
May 12, 2008 by wolfgang
I couldn’t resist that title, sorry.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in the southern Californian auto business, but I’ve always had a place in my heart for classic Japanese cars. I even drive one, the 1976 Datsun 280 ZX seen below pulled off to side of highway 128 in Anderson Valley.
Anyway, the New York Times ran an interesting little article on the increasing collectibility of old Datsuns/Nissans (read it here). While I would love to own a 1972 240 Z, my little ‘76 is pretty damn reliable, to say nothing of being quite fast. It’s also yellow. We won’t speak of gas mileage.
(There’s also a nifty slideshow at the NYT showing a few cherry Datsuns from over the years.)
Changing the subject from my wine country getaway mobile to something more vinous, over at Wine & Spirits you’ll find a series of short profiles and tasting notes on wines featured at Josh Greene’s seminar on biodynamics and natural wine at this year’s VinItaly. The seminar itself was lively and fun, and the audience–including some representatives of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair–really dug the proceedings. Anyway, the post will be updated Wednesday and Friday to include all 8 wineries from the presentation. Read the first batch here.
Lastly, my friend and colleague Peter Liem has been profiled by Tom Wark over at Fermentation (thanks for the shout out, Peter!). For those of you not familiar with Tom’s Bloggerview feature, it’s a somewhat regularly updated collection of profiles of the many bloggers posting in the eno blogosphere. I’ve found many a distraction here, and I’m sure you will too.
i don’t know what it is about the Japanese, but they are MONSTERS of industrial design, I attend CCS (a school know for it’s automotive design major) for a few years and was consistently blown away buy the car designs of the kids who’s life goal it was to work for Japanese car companies. and people wonder why Americas Automotive industry is tanking, i have four words for you, Gas Guzzling Ugly SUV’s, well maybe it’s 3 words and an acronym, but you get the picture.