I often hear it said that despite all the stories about family and cultural traditions, drinking ideologies, and paeans to terroir, what matters is what’s
Category: Wine Culture
Let Consumers Know if You’re Using Synthetic Cork
The Drunken Cyclist’s Friday rant last week raises an important point about transparency and the wine consumer’s knowledge of what they’re buying. In 2012, he
American Wine: A Tale of Two Industries
The U.S. is now home to over 9000 wineries, up from about 250 wineries in the early 1980’s. When you check out the wine aisle
Wine in the Land of Enchantment
Pockets of brilliance and lots of mediocrity sums up my assessment of New Mexico wines. It will probably come as a surprise to learn that
Wine Aesthetics and Commerce: An Uneasy Blend
Wine is an aesthetic object as worthy of our sustained attention as works of art or the wonders of nature. Yet wine aesthetics occupies a
Music and Wine Pairing
I attended and presented at a fascinating conference over the weekend—the Postmodern Winemaker Symposium held in Santa Rosa CA. Although it is a meeting of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 