The Gamay varietal is famous for producing the simple, light wines of Beaujolais, a wine region consisting of 10 villages just north of Lyon, France.
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
In Defense of Tasting Notes
Every summer, it seems, the wine blogosphere contracts a case of morose self-reflection and finds some esoteric issue to endlessly fret about—the objectivity of wine
Budget Wine: Le Jade Viognier Pays D’OC IGP 2013
French Viognier is not exactly on the average wine consumer’s radar. The good ones from the Northern Rhone are very expensive and the less pricey
In Taste Is There No Argument?
It’s a cliché to point out that taste is subjective, not only because people have different preferences but because our ability to taste various substances
Farm to Fable
It was bound to happen but it is no less disappointing for being inevitable: Like any good movement, farm-to-table has now been severely co-opted. The
Ponzi Pinot Gris Willamette Valley 2014
I don’t hate any of the major wine varieties; there is a time and place for all of them. But it is a very bad
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 