Merlot is a versatile grape but these days you find it mostly striving to be cuddly and flirtatious. The intriguing nose on the Shadow Mountain
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Battle of the Budget Rieslings: Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Monterey County 2012 vs. Hogue Columbia Valley 2012
It has become a truism that we live in a world awash in quality wine at good prices—a fact to which these two Rieslings testify.
Why is it Important to Think about Food and Wine?
There are lots of hard problems that require our thoughtful attention—poverty, climate change, quantum entanglement, or how to make a living, just for starters. But
Meat Eaters Take Heart
The news about the future of meat consumption is all bad. It is cruel to animals, excessively resource intensive, damaging to the environment, and produces
Wine Review: Colombier-Monpelou Pauilliac 2008
Tasting—real, genuine, deep tasting—should stimulate the mind as well as the palate; even something as mundane as a glass of vin ordinaire, if it has
Budget Wine: St. Somewhere Petit Verdot 2010 Paso Robles
Petit Verdot has traditionally been a minor component of Bordeaux blends, when they could get it to ripen. In sun-drenched California where ripening is less
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 