When I ask casual wine consumers what they like in a wine, the most consistent answer I get is “smooth.” This is odd since “smooth”
Category: Wine Culture
Wine: The Marriage of Apollo and Dionysus
The practice of focusing special attention on an object or performance because of the way its form expresses meaning seems to be present in all
Instead of Lower Alcohol, Drink Better Wine
The low alcohol/no alcohol trend in wine seems to be growing. Apparently, the idea of moderate drinking being healthy has had its moment and is
The New “Rules” for Wine Pairing
Bianca Sanon’s article in Eater entitled “It’s Time to Forget the Old Rules of Wine Pairing” gets off on the wrong foot but ends up
The Future of Viticulture?
Who knows if Randall Grahm’s Popelouchum Vineyard in San Juan Bautista, California is the future of viticulture. That depends on how his mad experiments work
Why Wine Lovers Are Not an Elite
Tom Wark’s post “Time to Embrace the Elitist Character of the Wine Drinker” makes several crucial points that I wholeheartedly endorse: I want to suggest
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 