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,
Category: Wine Culture
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
“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.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 