Autochthonous
I once tasted a Georgian wine that had over 400 grape varieties blended into it. If ever there was a declaration of the symbolic desire to preserve a multi-faceted grape…
Dial N for Overkill
āWhen first the crocus thrusts its point of gold/Up through the still snow-drifted garden moundā, then the world of wine suffers a peculiar invasion of bodysnatchers, wherein seemingly rational upstanding…
The Futureās Bright, The Futureās Orange
An appreciation of the Donās alternative reality "During a rally in Florida yesterday Donald Trump boasted about his plans for ISIS and said he will ābe their worst nightmare.ā…
Chatting with: Amaya Cervera
Spanish wine expert Amaya Cervera runs the website Spanish Wine Lover. She is a passionate spokesperson for wines from her home country, as well as being successful wine journalist. Amaya…
Les Caves’s Relative Success and The Infinite Improbability Drive
Lovely article by way of interview by Andrew Jefford in Decanter detailing the unorthodox journey of Les Caves de Pyrene, how we ascended from the depths of rank amateurism (or…
Wine Writing for Antiquity and The Humdrum Reality
From Ode to Wine ā Pablo Neruda Day-coloured wine, night-coloured wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth, wine, smooth as a golden…
Drink good wine, not rocket fuel, which is not rocket science.
My modest proposal is to ask anyone who is involved in the wine trade, be they importers or retailers, sommeliers or bloggers, to take a step back from what they…
Chatting with: Matthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope Wines, California
"At Matthew Rorick Wines, we love the longshots. We love the outsiders, the lost causes, the people/projects/ideas abandoned as not having a chance in the world. Rare creatures from appellations…
Doug Decants: New wines from Arbois, South Africa, and Itata!
Recently Arrivals Nom dāUn Nom dāun Nom dāUn Chien! Playful names to play with: 2015 Straight No Chaser, Hughes Beguet Superb value Arbois blend of Chardonnay and Savagnin from Patrice…
Bad Moon Rising
Iām not sure which day on the Marie Thun calendar the treatise Expectation or Sensorial Reality? An Empirical Investigation of the Biodynamic Calendar for Wine Drinkersā¦,by Wendy V. Parr, Dominique…