When hanging out with wine people, I am sometimes asked what is the best wine I’ve tasted. The answer is easy—Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
Category: Wine Culture
Are Wine Reviews Aimed Primarily at Purchasing Decisions?
Although wine writing takes diverse forms, wine evaluation is a persistent theme of much wine writing. When particular wines, wineries or vintages are under discussion
Walla Walla Continues the Love Affair
One reason I find wine fascinating is that wine lovers form a genuine aesthetic community organized around a shared interest in appreciating the aesthetic qualities
O, Canada
We have spent the past month in British Columbia, two weeks in Vancouver and two weeks in the Okanagan Valley. Sunday we head back to
Paying Attention to Tension
Andrew Jefford’s recent post on the current enthusiasm for wines with tension and energy points to an important dimension of wine quality which is often
Another Important Point about Wine and Objectivity
Recently, I pointed to success at passing the tasting component of the Masters of Wine exam as evidence that wine tasting and wine quality are
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 