I got into wine rather late in life but once bitten by the wine bug I just plunged into it and I’ve devoted a considerable
Category: Wine Culture
The Wine World’s Culture of Expertise
For everyone who thinks wine expertise is bullshit, that there is really no difference between everyday wine and fine wine, and nothing worth knowing about
Has the Debate Between Terroir vs. Varietal Been Settled?
In going through some notes for a book on the philosophy of wine I’m writing, I came across an old debate that once defined the
Should We Care if a Warming Climate Changes the Taste of Wine?
Britt Karlsson in BK Wine Magazine asks “Should we lament that the taste of wines have changed? That the wines we are accustomed to drinking
Marketing to Millennials
I know next to nothing about marketing but one thing seems kind of obvious—if you want to sell to young people don’t offer them stuff
On Sherry’s Demise
Don Kavanaugh at Wine Searcher brought us some sad news last week. The fortunes of Sherry appear to be on the decline. Looking back across
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 