Several years ago, at Wine Searcher, Joel Peterson, Zinfandel pioneer and founder of Ravenswood, in response to a question about the 100-point scoring system, related
Sustainability and Worker Compensation in the Wine Business
Why should the concept of sustainability apply only to environmental concerns? This question is raised in a particularly helpful way by Jono Le Feuvre in
Wine Review: Pieropan Soave Classico 2019
I don’t often get excited by Soave but this Classico has me riding its swift current seeing into the life of things. A very generous
Wine, Food, and Nostalgia
The world of food and wine thrives on nostalgia. Culinarians chase down heritage tomatoes, ferment their own vinegar, and learn to butcher hogs in the
The Contested Concept of Great Wine
How do we go about identifying a great wine? We might leave it up to critics to tell us which wines are great. Or we
Malfeito-Ferreira on the Synthetic Nature of Wine Tasting
Last month, I linked to a newly published review article by Portuguese microbiologist Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira. He argues that wine tasting is fundamentally synthetic and holistic
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 