Most premium wines and even many budget wines are balanced. To say a wine is balanced doesn’t tell us much except that it was competently
Tag: wine quality
How Do You Know a Wine is of Great Quality?
Forget the scores, aroma notes, hype and price points. How do you know a wine is of great quality? If you want to get to
There are Reasons Why Good Wine is Expensive
For those inclined to claim that there really is no difference between expensive wine and cheap wine, this symposium at the Unified Wine and Grape
Luxury, Inequality, and the World of Wine
For food and wine lovers, Robin Givhan’s piece in the Washington Post, “The Case for Luxury” is a very solid essay with an important argument
Distinguishing Cheap Wine from Expensive Wine
I suspect that most people who drink wine regularly think they are able to distinguish expensive wine from the cheap stuff. But there are numerous
What Makes a Great Wine Great?
Jamie Goode’s post What is Greatness in a Wine? is insightful because it moves greatness out of the realm of subjectivity and personal preference: Greatness
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 