Wine changes us. Especially when we develop enough tasting skill to perceive its subtleties. Of course, other arts change us as well. But wine requires
Category: Wine Culture
What Happened to Italian Wine in the Supermarket?
Over the past year or two I’ve noticed something troubling about supermarket wine shelves—Italian wines have virtually disappeared. You might find a bottom shelf Chianti,
Can Good Wine Become a Populist Beverage?
The conversation W. Blake Gray had with Bonny Doon’s head winemaker Randall Grahm was depressing: “Nobody knows anything about what sells wine,” Grahm says. “I
Are Wine Marketers Contributing to Climate Change?
Master of Wine and all-around intellectual John Atkinson has a thoughtful and forceful challenge to the wine industry’s contribution to climate change. His premises are
The Meaning of Wine Scores
Wine statistics guru David Morrison wades into the issue of wine scores. Despite their alleged usefulness as a marketing tool, he finds them fundamentally misleading
On the Semantics of Minerality
If you have been wondering about the state of research into minerality in wine, Alex Maltman in Decanter has you covered. He summarizes all the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 