We wine lovers are a peculiar tribe. We are obsessed by something inconsequential that takes years of dedication and considerable funds to grasp. Even then
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Are Appellations Still Useful?
The Wine Scholar Guild recently hosted a comprehensive discussion of the future of appellations featuring Andrew Jeffords and Robert Joseph. Only the first half of
A Remedy for Tired Wine Tasting Notes
Last month I argued that wine tasting notes don’t give us much information about how a wine tastes. Most tasting notes consist of a list
Wine Review: Kris Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie DOC 2019
A good price for this wine that hails from the home of Pinot Grigio. But be prepared for a tale of too tart. Pretty aromas
Privileged Old White Guys and Negative Wine Reviews
One of New Zealand’s top wine judges Jim Harre, after sampling a Pinot Noir from Ekleipsi, sent an email to winemaker Jess Mavromatis with the
Smoke Taint and the “Smoke-Curious”
The evidence of the past few years strongly suggests that wildfires are part of the ecosystem of wine regions in Western United States and Canada
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 