One of the odd pleasures of wine occurs when an aroma seems familiar but cannot be clearly identified. You take a whiff and catch something.
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Wine Criticism Should Explain How Wine Works
Most wine writing tells us three things: whether the critic liked the wine, what the wine smells and tastes like, and how good it is
Expressive Wine Tasting: A New Tasting Model
I think we need a new conversation about wine quality. Wine quality is not about a high score from critics. There are many quality wines
Are Wine Reviews Really about Purchasing Decisions?
Wine criticism is usually treated as a buying guide. That makes sense up to a point. Wineries use good reviews to sell bottles. Retailers use
The Naked Emperor and 100 Point Scores
Some friends shared a lovely 95–100-point wine with me recently—a 2018 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon, the iconic Chilean wine from the Maipo Valley. Don’t get
2026: The Year Wine Becomes Expressive
It’s January, which means we are all briefly seized by the delusion that we can become better versions of ourselves by sheer declarative force. We
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