Disappointments, mistakes, and blunders
When I say food and wine matches Matter, with a capital M, this is what I mean: mismatches—the dark side of wine
Oenotria—Italian Wines with Italian Food
The ancient Greeks called Italy “Oenotria” the land of wine. WIth over 350 regions and over 500 native wine grapes, this should surprise no one.
Tradition, Terroir, and Rieslings: Why Dirt Matters
Tradition, Terroir, and Rieslings: Why Dirt Matters—wine and food grow up together
A Mix of Club and Local Gets
I’ve had a odd relationship with wine clubs over a lot of years, mostly ending up with my cancelling each one in turn and not wanting to sign up again. To any club. Ever. But wine clubs seem to have matured over the past couple of decades, and I’ve read there is a renaissance in […]
Wine Romp with An Ancient School Georgian Wine
The Georgian Qvevri method of making wine goes back to the 2nd or 3rd millennium BCE, long before Rome was even an Etruscan village and Burgundy was, well, just another spot of land in what would eventually become the Duchy of Burgundy in the Frankish Kingdom.
Another Wine Romp
This Wine Romp is about real people drinking wine in actual life, specifically a husband and wife in Brooklyn, sorting out what wines to definitely get again, what wines might be okay again, and what wines to avoid. A rough and ready to the good, the bad and the indifferent.
