If we keep in mind the distinction between evaluation and appreciation, most of the controversies in the wine world can be cleared up, or so
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Self-Inflicted Wounds
It has been widely reported that due to the Trump-ordered crackdown on undocumented workers and the climate of fear it generates, wineries will have a
Like Moths to a Flame
We really should not allow journalists to write philosophy. In the Napa Valley Register their wine columnist Allen Balik pontificates on the nature of greatness
Wine Review: Cowhorn Syrah 21 Applegate Valley 2013
I’ve been tasting lots of biodynamic wines lately and I’m beginning to think they tend to share a common flavor profile—fresh bright fruit and a
Rogue Food: Farm to Table in Southern Oregon
The farm to table thing has metastasized from fetish to fad to flim-flam. What began as a foodie obsession with freshness and an anti-corporate ethos
The Wines of Southern Oregon
As wine regions go, Southern Oregon is under-the radar, sandwiched between the long-established California regions to the south and the more recently prominent Willamette Valley
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 