I commented recently on how conservative and tradition-bound wine is. Wine is about nuance not large changes or dramatic shifts in style. Nevertheless, sometimes wine
Category: Wine Culture
Wine is a Peculiar Pursuit
The wine world is an interesting amalgam of small but meaningful variations within a context of relative stability. Most major wine styles are embedded in
What about the Vineyard?
As this article in Decanter about the changing character of tasting rooms points out, wine is no longer only about what’s in the glass. Wine
Misunderstanding Biodynamics
Biodynamics is a rapidly growing method for farming wine grapes, although it is still a small part of total production with less than 11,000 hectares
What Do You Sell When You Sell Wine?
The form of the question suggests that wine is more than wine, more than an alcoholic beverage. In thinking about the problem of slowing growth
Are We Prematurely Panicking about Selling Wine to Millennials?
The Internet is abuzz with discussions about the latest report from Rob McMillan of the Silicon Valley Bank on the current financial state of the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 