This curious wine is from Gil Family Estates. A little bacon fat lurks behind the dark berry, pepper, and herbal notes against a background of
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
A Story about Fortitude or Foolishness?
A son someplace in Northern Europe opens the forgotten wine cellar belonging to his father, now 10 years deceased, and discovers a wine collection expected
Pépin on the Art of Food
A few weeks ago when explaining why winemaking is sometimes more like an art than a craft, I made a distinction between objects that are
Jorge Ordonez Triton Mencia Bierzo 2014
Mencia is one of those long-neglected grapes that is finally receiving attention because innovative winemakers are learning how to work with it. Indigenous to Northwestern
Prosecute Farm-to-Table Fraud
Laura Riley’s investigative reporting for the Tampa Bay Times on the outright fraud going on with claims about farm-to-table dining has received lots of warranted
Budget Wine: Badger Mountain Organic Riesling Columbia Valley 2014
I’m increasingly finding solid budget wines in the organic wine section of the supermarket. This one also boasts no added sulfites so if “natural” floats
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 