Among all the U.S. wine regions we have visited, which includes most of the country by now, Texas is closest to the West Coast in
Category: Wine Culture
Bugs in the Vineyard May be the Key to Wine Quality
Complexity and differentiation are the drivers of the wine world. If we cared about neither wine would be a commodity like orange juice, a homogeneous
A Sin Against Beauty
Blake Gray committed a sin against beauty on his blog yesterday. A winery sent him a press notice about the release of a wine made
Is the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 a Reliable Guide?
Over the weekend I finally had a chance to taste through a few entries on the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list for 2017. I’m often
Why Wine Fashions Change
Styles in the wine world seem to change as often as styles in the world of fashion. Cabernet Sauvignon went from savory and elegant to
No, Taste is Not Just about Money or Class
Oliver Styles at Wine Searcher asks “Can Money Buy Taste?” by which I think he means, “is your taste in wine best explained by the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 