There are job skills and then there are, well, Andrew Jefford calls them gladiator skills. In describing the demands of the recently held Best Sommelier
Category: Wine Culture
Wine and Health Redux
This article by Tim Requarth in Slate is one of the better articles on wine and health that I have come across. It tells the
Whither Typicity?
I have always been ambivalent about typicity as a value in appreciating or evaluating wines. In wine tasting, “typicity” refers to the degree to which
A Post Glou Glou World
Earlier this week in a post about the potential of commercial, natural wine, I lamented the fact that natural wine has become identified with simple,
Corporate Natural Wine?
This is a curious experiment. Since the beginning of the natural wine movement, natural wine has been produced almost exclusively by small wineries who often
Leave Caymus Alooooone!
Caymus Cabenet Sauvignon may be the best known fine wine in the United States. It is ubiquitous on pricey restaurant wine lists and, for many
