For the past five years I have been waiting for the mainstream media and establishment politicians to wake up to the fact that Donald Trump
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
We Can’t Do Without Taste Talk
In an otherwise interesting and informative essay on the history of wine talk, historian of science Steve Shapin leads with this puzzling paragraph: One ought
A (very thin) Silver Lining from Covid 19?
I like the sentiment of the headline from W. Blake Gray’s discussion of the state of the wine business and the threat of declining demand:
Wine Review: Chateau Larroque Bordeaux Superieur 2015
A waystation on the hunt for the elusive cheap Bordeaux gem. This blend of 63% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc is not quite
Do You Believe the Wine Critic or Your Lyin’ Nose?
Are wine critics reliable? Isn’t taste subjective? Can there really be wine expertise in the same sense that doctors have expertise at diagnosing diseases and
A New Wine Map?
This attempt to rewrite the wine map appears whimsical—it’s called the Children’s Atlas of Wine after all—but it contains an important insight. For the past
