There’s a reason why a wine lover can recall the shape of a bottle or the slope of a vineyard long before they can conjure
Tag: appellations
Does Knowledge of Production Methods Matter to You?
One current moral imperative that has captured the world of food and wine is that we should know where our food and wine comes from.
Appellations as Style Police and Terroir
The purpose of the appellation system was to guarantee the origin of the grapes used to make wine so consumers would know what is in
Why We Still Need Appellations
James Lawrence in Wine Searcher makes several important points in his argument that appellations have outlived their usefulness. I think there is an important perspective
Are Appellations Still Useful?
The Wine Scholar Guild recently hosted a comprehensive discussion of the future of appellations featuring Andrew Jeffords and Robert Joseph. Only the first half of
A New Classification System for Wine?
In the U.S. we have no wine classification system that is really informative. Our appellation rules ensure the origin of the grapes to a degree
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 