Any discussion of wine quality must begin with a distinction between commodity wines and premium or fine wines. Commodity wines usually sell for under $15,
Tag: wine criticism
Snobs, Critics, and Wine Lovers
There will be no wine reviews this week. I’ve been fighting flu symptoms for days—beginning the day after getting a flu shot, funny that. I
In Defense of Tasting Notes
Every summer, it seems, the wine blogosphere contracts a case of morose self-reflection and finds some esoteric issue to endlessly fret about—the objectivity of wine
I Can’t Get My Head Around This Fight
It’s not exactly Pacquiao vs. Mayweather but every once in awhile wine critics square off against each other and try to land a few blows.
Wine Writer Jumps the Shark
The debate about alcohol levels in wine is not only tedious. It is causing otherwise sane people to lose their grip on reality. I’ve enjoyed
Do Crowdsourced Reviews Favor Ignorance?
I ‘ve been writing about the validity of various sorts of wine and food criticism all week, so I might as well continue, since I
