Recently in a post complaining about how the term “balance” has been abused in the wine world, I defined it as “the relative prominence of
Tag: wine tasting
The Pursuit of Balance Isn’t What it Seems
I’ve been thinking about harmony as it applies to wine this week but got distracted by the idea of balance, a related but dissimilar concept.
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
Wine Tasting and Aesthetic Competence
I described basic wine tasting competence recently as the ability to organize taste perceptions into a 4-dimensional field—time, spatial dimensions plus force (assessing the weight
In Defense of (some) Wine Flaws
Matt Kramer’s article articulating 5 fundamental rules of wine continues to bother me. Recently, I took issue with his claim that expression of place is
Basic Wine Tasting Competence
Wine tasting is difficult, especially for beginners, because the basic components of wine are a jumble that seemingly have no structure. To appreciate wine you
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 