Most reviews of red wine include a brief description of mouthfeel, usually by referencing the impact and quality of tannins. Tannins are phenols extracted from
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Wine and Imagination in Perullo’s Epistenology: Wine as Experience
You know, if you’ve poked around this blog for awhile, that I think wine is more than a collection of aromas and textures. Wine stimulates
A Paradox for Wine Lovers
In wine appreciation, we seem to place great value on making independent judgments, judgments based on our own experience of a wine and our own
The Game of Wine
Understanding wine is hard work. We study maps of wine regions and their climates, grape varietals and their characteristics, and delve into various techniques for
More on the Fruit Basket Problem in Wine Descriptions
This article by Deborah Parker Wong on research into the genetic basis of olfactory sensation is interesting in its own right but especially important for
Can Bordeaux and Burgundy Remain Benchmarks?
In the wine world today, despite the emergence of quality wine across the globe, Bordeaux and Burgundy remain benchmarks of quality. The finely honed matches
