Wineries will do anything to gain an edge including manufacturing quality factors out of thin air. Apparently the new “it” innovation in wine is ungrafted
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
How to Be Non-Binary About Wine
The problems with defining natural wine are well-documented. There is an inherent paradox in any attempt to be precise about what counts as “natural.” As
What is Wine?
This might seem like an unnecessary question. Everybody knows that wine is a liquid made from fermented grapes that we drink for pleasure or consume
So You Want to Be a Sommelier?
There are job skills and then there are, well, Andrew Jefford calls them gladiator skills. In describing the demands of the recently held Best Sommelier
Thinking With the Stomach
Questions about how one should live animated the early days of philosophy. From the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers through the Middle Ages, questions about
Wine and Health Redux
This article by Tim Requarth in Slate is one of the better articles on wine and health that I have come across. It tells the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 