Freshness is now everywhere in wine. It is how we describe lower alcohol, higher acidity, less extraction, less oak, and early picking on the production
Is Authenticity the Wrong Ideal for Wine?
Wine culture loves authenticity. The word appears (or is implied) everywhere. We find it in natural wine, where authenticity means minimal intervention. We find it
Wine’s Oversupply Problem is an Aesthetic Problem
Last week I posted on the central difficulty the wine industry faces—too many wineries with too few customers. The preferred solution is more customers but
The Wine Industry’s Problem in a Nutshell
One sentence from this Wine Searcher article by W. Blake Gray about the state of the wine industry clearly articulates the problem: “Current market volume
Climate Change and the End of Typicity
Wine regions have always changed. We pretend they don’t because wine culture loves continuity. It loves old stones, old vines, old cellars, old maps, old
Wine Review: Volpaia Chianti Classico 2022
Sangiovese with 10% Merlot, aged 12 months in 800 gallon casks; south-facing vineyards on sandstone and clay at 1,300–1,800 feet; 13.5 % alc. Lively and
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 