Debates that oppose “technology” to “terroir” treat winemaking as a zero-sum game in which each technological intervention diminishes site expression. This framing misdescribes how quality
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Terroir as Interpretation: Why Preserving Place is Always a Style Choice
Let’s retire the pious fiction that the winemaker who “lets the site speak” abstains from style, as if terroir were a shy woodland creature spooked
Winemaking and Artmaking
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this argument in print but it has really become standard fare. Tim James in World of Fine Wine used
Is Wine a Living Organism?
At first glance, this question seems fanciful— the kind of romantic flourish found in the waxy prose on wine labels. Surely, wine cannot be alive
Terroir: There is No Black and White
Tim Atkin’s insightful post about terroir reminded me of one of my pet peeves in discussions about terroir—misguided expectations. He compares terroir to the practice
Biodynamics Has Gone Mainstream
The headline of this article by Dave Macintyre says it all Biodynamic wine has roots in pseudoscience, but the proof is in the bottle Dave
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 