Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine

I struggle with “rustic.”

As a wine writer and more importantly a wine lover, I have tasted a lot of wine.

One of the odd pleasures of wine occurs when an aroma seems familiar but cannot be clearly identified.

It wasn’t so long ago that the most intense arguments in wine were about aesthetics.

Originally published at Three Quarks Daily.

The New York Times seems to have discovered the value of community.

A friend recently told me about a wine dinner he attended devoted to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, a region in East Central Italy in the foothills of the Apennines.

100% Vermentino; steel fermented, aged in steel on fine lees for 3 months; fruit from controlled vineyards in the foothills of Luni, Castelnuovo Magra, and Sarzana.

Irrigation usually enters wine discussions via viticultural practices, water policy, regional regulation, or sustainability.

In wine culture, wine faults create fierce disagreements.