“You’ve got to make the wine the vineyard is asking you to make.” It has become a cliché in the wine world that great wine
Category: The Art of Wine
The Art of Wine: Central Coast Group Project Captain Kierk (AKA the Knightwalker) Syrah Ballard Canyon 2013
Low and slow usually applies to barbecue and Italian red sauce. Winemaker Scott Sampler thinks it applies to wine as well. A taste of this
The Art of Wine: Cain Vineyard and Winery and the Art of Brett Management
In the wine world today, the “spirit of the age” is the pursuit of pure fruit expression. Find a healthy vineyard site where the grapes
Smoke influence and the 2017 Vintage
Although most of the grapes for the 2017 vintage in Napa/Sonoma were harvested before the devastating fires began, there was still a significant amount on
Resonance: A Measure of Wine Quality
I’ve been thinking a lot about Martin Seel’s concept of resonance as one of the keys to wine quality. Think of the rustling of leaves,
The Art of Wine: Winesmith and Postmodern Winemaking
Since the birth of modern art, artists and art theory have had a symbiotic though troubled relationship. The conceptual nature of modern art and its
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 