Valentine’s Day is fast approaching; it’s time to think about which wine will precisely calibrate the proper mood. But why wine? Why not a nice
Category: Wine Culture
The Idea of Wine
This post by From Vinho Verde to Barolo With Love got me thinking, once again, about why wine is fascinating. It seems that often those
Will America Save the Wine World?
From the “implausible titles” file comes this headline from Blake Gray writing for Palate Press. But Gray may be onto something. While wine consumption is
Not Just a Matter of Taste
Sharp disagreements among wine experts about the virtues of a particular wine are common. One critic thinks a wine is flabby and disjoint; the other thinks
What Can Music Tell Us about Wine?
Now that food and wine pairings have become standard fare, we need something else to puzzle and fret over when preparing a dinner—and we scribblers
Buyer Beware
Every wine consumer should read this post by Jeff Siegel, otherwise known as The Wine Curmudgeon. He reviews a wine, Downton Abbey Claret ($17), that
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 