Casual wine consumers often ask me whether there is a correlation between wine price and wine quality? My answer is yes—but only a rough correlation,
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Will AI Generate the Rebirth of Wine Traditions?
In her article “Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Make French Wine Anymore,” Josephine de La Bruyère chronicles the plight of French winemakers, many of whom
Should We Worry about the Fate of “Big Wine?”
I don’t think we should minimize the many factors that threaten the wine industry. The current fashion for producing health scares around the consumption of
End of an Era?
When I began blogging about wine and food back in 2011, Jeff Seigel (aka The Wine Curmudgeon) was a daily must-read. His posts about affordable
Terroir and Wines’ Conundrum
The claim that terroir is an illusion used to be bandied about with some regularity. Thankfully, it seems to have receded as a topic of
The Importance of Local Wines
There are many reasons the wine industry is struggling at the moment—oversupply, competition from spirits and beer, concerns about health, etc. But I think there
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 