This attempt to rewrite the wine map appears whimsical—it’s called the Children’s Atlas of Wine after all—but it contains an important insight. For the past
Category: Wine Culture
Is E-Commerce the Answer for the Wine Industry?
Amidst a lot of happy talk about how the wine industry is developing e-commerce solutions to the problem of how to sell wine in a
“Fruit Bombs” are Misnamed
It is common to associate ripeness with warm climates. But there is more nuance to this relationship between heat and ripeness than is commonly assumed.
There are Two Wine Industries. We Need to Stop Conflating Their Interests.
I’m sure Robert Joseph is correct when he argues, in Wine Business International, that emerging wine regions will sell more wine by planting International varieties
Blind Tasting Cannot Block all Biases
Blind tasting is considered to be the gold standard of wine evaluation. And the reason for its status is that it allegedly blocks the biases
We Should Get Rid of Typicity as a Criterion of Wine Quality
One of my pet peeves in the wine world is the outsized role typicity plays in judging wine quality. Wine education is largely about understanding
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 