It’s fashionable to criticize wine critics for a variety of sins: they’re biased, their scores don’t mean anything, and their jargon is unintelligible according to
Budget Wine Review: Honoro Vera Garnacha Calatayud 2017
I’m revisiting an old friend here. One of the more satisfying budget wines available, but it’s been a few vintages since I last wrote about
A $300 Sagrantino?
W. Blake Gray reports that Arnaldo-Caprai, the winery largely responsible for putting the grape Sagrantino and the Umbrian region of Montefalco on the wine map,
Now I Know Why I Stopped Drinking Beer
I drank beer back in the day when the only decision was Bud or Miller. Then I discovered wine, and beer became only an occasional
Stories Are Compelling but Cannot Replace What’s in the Glass
I noted recently that wine writing is faced with a dilemma. It must describe the individuality of wines and capture the full range of their
Wine Review: Tawse Cabernet Franc David’s Block VQA Twenty Mile Bench 2013
This is a gentle beauty, expansive, yet soothing, serene, and perfectly composed. Faint vanilla, freshly turned earth, and soft graphite notes nestle with black current
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 