I’ve been writing about wine for about 15 years and one of the most persistent themes I’ve covered is that winemaking should be considered an
Tag: viticulture
More Varieties Please
This post at Wine Searcher entitled America’s Great Grape Variety Shortage reminds us of how much more interesting wine could be. Of the 10,000 vine
The New Scam
Wineries will do anything to gain an edge including manufacturing quality factors out of thin air. Apparently the new “it” innovation in wine is ungrafted
The Terroirists Win!
This is interesting in itself from a “look what we can do” perspective: What if it were possible to prove that every vineyard soil, anywhere
On Winery Visits and the Aesthetics of Toil
Most aesthetics is dominated by an aesthetics of distance, especially distance from the origins of a work. The aesthetics of wine is no exception. Just
Updating Biodynamics
Biodynamics is a method of farming that treats the entire farm as a living organism. Developed by philosopher Rudolf Steiner in 1924, it is now
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 