Vicki Denig writes a balanced article on minerality despite an ambiguous headline and a misleading introduction. Entitled “Nailing the Myth of Minerality”, she introduces the
Tag: wine science
A More Subtle Anti-Terroirism
Geologist Alex Maltman’s recent article on Decanter’s website, entitled “Busting Wine Terroir Myths: The science of soil and wine taste”, contains much useful information, but
Bugs in the Vineyard May be the Key to Wine Quality
Complexity and differentiation are the drivers of the wine world. If we cared about neither wine would be a commodity like orange juice, a homogeneous
Wine Tasters are Smarter
Making wine is a bit disreputable. People give up respectable jobs with six-figure incomes to root around in vineyards in the morning and clean out
Wine Science, Minerality, and Mission Creep
Jancis Robinson has a nice article up on the hottest topic among wine geeks—minerality. (I did my own write up on it a few weeks
Artificial Wine
This is bizarre but inevitable I suppose given the popularity of reductionism is science. Reductionism is the view that all complex phenomena can be explained
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 