Despite the historical importance of blending wine, especially in Bordeaux, and the current popularity of red blends on the supermarket shelves, increasingly among the wine
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A Neuroscientist on Wine
Neuroscientist Gordon Shepherd, author of Neurogastronomy, has a new book out entitled Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine (Columbia University Press, $25).
God Did Not Appear
This past weekend I attended a tasting entitled “Meeting God”. The promised divinity was the 2003 Cheval Blanc, arguably the top Chateau of St. Emilion
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
Revisiting the Judgment of Paris
The famous (or infamous depending on your point of view) Judgment of Paris has rightly become an iconic moment in wine culture. In 1976, a
Why Demystify Wine?
One of the enduring mysteries of this moment in the culture of wine is why almost every wine writer from obscure bloggers to the most
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 