Debates that oppose “technology” to “terroir” treat winemaking as a zero-sum game in which each technological intervention diminishes site expression. This framing misdescribes how quality
Category: Wine Culture
The Michelin Guide Will Review Wine?
Last week brought the curious announcement that the Michelin Guide plans to start reviewing wine. It’s not clear how this will work given that the
Wine Price and Wine Quality: A Correlation?
Casual wine consumers often ask me whether there is a correlation between wine price and wine quality? My answer is yes—but only a rough correlation,
Why Detailed Wine Reviews Matter to the Wine Community
If you want a community, you need a conversation; if you want a conversation, you need a shared record; and if you want a shared
Terroir as Interpretation: Why Preserving Place is Always a Style Choice
Let’s retire the pious fiction that the winemaker who “lets the site speak” abstains from style, as if terroir were a shy woodland creature spooked
Eight Ways People Judge Wine
Recently I posted an essay on my theory of wine tasting which evaluates wine by how its structure creates movement, texture, and tension over time,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 