Many European appellations have very detailed regulations about what grape varietals can be used in their wines, and in many cases they dictate specific wine
Category: Wine Culture
We Are Getting Closer to a World in Which Consumers Can Buy the Wine They Want
As the wine world waits for the Supreme Court to, hopefully, put another nail in the coffin of the 3 tier distribution system, wine retailers
Jamie Goode On Fire
In all the activity surrounding Thanksgiving last week, I fear Jamie Goode’s insightful post about faux “champions” of the wine consumer might have gotten buried.
On Thanksgiving Wine Pairings
My best advice? Don’t bother. Two principles should regulate any discussion of Thanksgiving wine: 1. No single wine will pair well with all the dishes
If the Wine Review is Dead, so is the Wine Community
Jeff Siegel, aka The Wine Curmudgeon, was rather curmudgeon-like in his post last week arguing that wine criticism was no longer relevant or effective. Asking
Wine Tasting, Subjectivism and Nonsense
Philosopher Barry Smith’s recent article in World of Fine Wine magazine hits all the right points about the rampant, mistaken view that wine tasting is
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 