Over the past year or two I’ve noticed something troubling about supermarket wine shelves—Italian wines have virtually disappeared. You might find a bottom shelf Chianti,
Can Good Wine Become a Populist Beverage?
The conversation W. Blake Gray had with Bonny Doon’s head winemaker Randall Grahm was depressing: “Nobody knows anything about what sells wine,” Grahm says. “I
Tasting Vitality: The Basic Features of Wine in Motion
I’m working on developing a tasting model that elevates a wine’s rhythm and motion on the palate, giving them equal billing with aromas. The justification
Wine Review: La Fortuna Rosso Di Montalcino DOC 2016
Simplicity has charm when the few elements are in balance, like the beauty of a silent, spare morning. This Sangiovese from Tuscany’s most celebrated wine
Do Winemakers Deserve Kudos?
Oliver Styles, as usual, raises an interesting question in his latest article for Wine Searcher: Do we over-emphasize the impact a winemaker has on the
Are Wine Marketers Contributing to Climate Change?
Master of Wine and all-around intellectual John Atkinson has a thoughtful and forceful challenge to the wine industry’s contribution to climate change. His premises are
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 