There are many reasons to drink wine. Some drink wine for the conviviality wine encourages when with friends. Others drink wine because it enhances a
A Paradox for Wine Lovers
In wine appreciation, we seem to place great value on making independent judgments, judgments based on our own experience of a wine and our own
Wine Review: Frog’s Leap Merlot Rutherford Napa Valley 2018
Frog’s Leap has the reputation for making old world-style wines using new world grapes. In the land of the lush and sumptuous, this wine gives
Praise for Beauty and the Yeast
Intrepid wine importer, lyrical wine writer, perceptive wine sage: The only person who fits that description is Terry Theise, author of Reading Between the Wines
On Sassicaia and Authenticity
Adam Lechmere has me scratching my head regarding his latest in Club Oenologique. He is enjoying his Sassicaia 2009 and Château Pichon Baron 2009, and
What is Wrong with the Wine Industry?
Well that’s a loaded question. It depends on whom you ask. Consumers would say pricing is out of alignment with quality. Winemakers might say there’s
