We’ve heard a lot about how millennials have reduced spending power, thanks to the 2008 recession, and are slow to enter the market for premium
Ageing Report: Charles Krug Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2006
Charles Krug winery is the oldest in Napa Valley having been founded in 1861 by the Prussian immigrant Charles Krug. The Mondavi family purchased it
We Need More Truthful Advertising in the Wine Industry
People in the wine industry devote a lot of attention to finding messages that resonate with consumers, especially consumers in the millennial generation who, it
Soulful Wines and the Failure of Recognition
Being preoccupied (or perhaps obsessed is a better word) by philosophical puzzles is my occupational hazard. As I noted last week, wine importer Terry Theise’s
Jon Bonné, Weird Wines, and the Post Hoc Fallacy
In philosophy there is a logical fallacy called post hoc ergo propter hoc, a Latin phrase meaning “after this, therefore because of this”. In other
Wine Review: Dirty and Rowdy Mourvedre Antle Vineyard Chalone AVA 2016
I like a wine that lives up to its name. Not that this wine has an excess of bacteriological activity. The funk is under control
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 