Pairing wine with the traditional Thanksgiving meal is a bit like taking photos of invisible objects—an impossible task. The dishes are so varied there is
Category: Wine Culture
Lugana DOC: A Fascinating Study of Dry Extract
At the Wine Bloggers Conference last week, I attended a session devoted to Lugana DOC, a little-known appellation in Italy located near Verona on the
Wednesday Aggro
This drives me freakin’ nuts. When wine conversations get serious, when there is something up for debate, someone always tries to shut down the controversy
Stags’ Leap Winery: Sometimes Big is Beautiful
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you know I’m most interested in small wineries making unique, distinctive wines. I also indulge in some
What’s the Matter with Writing about Good Wine?
Blake Gray wrote a post about a month ago that still has me scratching my head. The post begins by praising the Washington Post’s Dave
Lovely Unloveliness
Andrew Jeffords comments, “The greatest wines often have a lovely unloveliness at their heart”. Some old friends and I chewed over (the verb is accurate)
