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
Category: Wine Culture
What Does Your “Guilty Pleasure” Wine Say About Taste?
This essay by Kyle Munkittrick entitled “Taste Values Craft” got me thinking about what it means to have good taste because he begins with a
Can Wine Be Rated Like Chess Players?
George Nordahl on his Substack has an interesting proposal for rethinking wine scores. Of course problems with the current system are well-known and have been
Wine Traditions and Innovation
One thing that has always fascinated me about wine is that, despite it being saturated with tradition, it is capable of substantial innovation. The best-known
Do We Need Another Debate about “Natural?”
I thought we were past worrying about how to define “natural wine” but apparently it’s still an issue. In World of Fine Wine, Benjamin Lewin
The Hiding-in-Plain-Sight Ligaments of Wine Culture
I don’t know that there is another human sub-culture as bound to habit and convention as the wine community. The wine styles available today—red, white,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 