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.
Category: Wine Culture
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
Smoke Taint is an Expression of Terroir
Although early reports from parts of California and Oregon are grim, it is still too early to determine how much the 2020 vintage will be
Wine Language and Diversity
Esther Mobley’s thoughtful article in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled “Wine’s diversity issue starts with the way we talk about wine” raises important questions about
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 