Iconic of the growing division between industrial and artisanal winemaking, Flash Détente currently excludes the small guy and widens the gap between vins d’effort and vins de terroir. A small winery simply can’t produce the lip-smackin’ delicious product an FD unit cranks out by the carload, any more than a microbrewery can duplicate Budweiser or a small creamery can make Velveeta.
