There’s something tragicomic about the fact that wine consumption is declining just as we need it most. Here we are, deep in the decadent delirium
Category: Wine Culture
In Praise of the Wandering Palate
This essay entitled “The Wine Drinker as Flâneur” by Jason Wilson is the most pleasurable piece of wine writing I’ve encountered in quite a while.
Jefford’s Stinker about Minerality
I have great admiration for Andrew Jefford. His columns are invariably insightful, thoughtful, and well written. Or at least that used to be the case.
Wine Without Context is Wine Half-Tasted
In wine circles, blind tasting is treated as a kind of moral high ground. You conceal the label, obscure the origin, hide the grape and
Should We Stop Talking about Terroir?
Before Meininger’s International stopped publishing last week, Robert Joseph, the Devil’s Advocate, published a piece there in which he implored people who sell wine to
Why Appellations Matter—but Maybe Not So Much
There’s a reason why a wine lover can recall the shape of a bottle or the slope of a vineyard long before they can conjure
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 