Constant variation is the life blood of the wine community. The basic styles of wine—red, white, sparkling, and fortified—have been around for centuries. What makes
Category: Wine Culture
On the Sexual Harassment Charges at the Court of Master Sommeliers
If you’ve been paying attention to the wine news over the past week, you know the Court of Master Sommeliers is in hot water again,
We Can’t Do Without Taste Talk
In an otherwise interesting and informative essay on the history of wine talk, historian of science Steve Shapin leads with this puzzling paragraph: One ought
A (very thin) Silver Lining from Covid 19?
I like the sentiment of the headline from W. Blake Gray’s discussion of the state of the wine business and the threat of declining demand:
A New Wine Map?
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
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
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 