Part of the romance of wine, especially red wine, is that it is lovingly stored in oak barrels for months or years while it slowly
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Winemaking and Regulation
Many European appellations have very detailed regulations about what grape varietals can be used in their wines, and in many cases they dictate specific wine
We Are Getting Closer to a World in Which Consumers Can Buy the Wine They Want
As the wine world waits for the Supreme Court to, hopefully, put another nail in the coffin of the 3 tier distribution system, wine retailers
Why Wine Styles Change: The High Alcohol Revolution
I’ve been thinking about what drives changes in wine styles—consumer demand, winemaker experimentation, the influence of critics and writers, some combination of these? Take for
Jamie Goode On Fire
In all the activity surrounding Thanksgiving last week, I fear Jamie Goode’s insightful post about faux “champions” of the wine consumer might have gotten buried.
“Borderless Wine” is a Poor Choice of Words
A couple weeks ago, there was a symposium in New York entitled “Borderless Wine”, featuring speakers addressing the importance of supporting winemaking in emerging and
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 