The future is here. With the fad of natural wine comes the esque, the idea of natural without knowing what it is, without taking the time to give it... read more →
I captured this from a post on Twitter and immediately caught the problems. Can you? I can't remember the last time I had a prosecco that was aromatic. Glera is... read more →
“Veronelli is not your kind of thing, is he?” Lorena Ascencios, the grande dame wine buyer of Astor Wines, asked me this before a Chateau Le Puy tasting. I looked at her wide-eyed... read more →
“The Joys of Processed Wine and Ignore the Snobs, Drink the Cheap, Delicious Wine” was the two-titled opinion piece from writer Bianca Bosker. It appeared in last week’s New York Times.... read more →
When the wine writer emeritus Hugh Johnson told Washington Post wine writer David McIntyre that “orange” wines were a sideshow and a waste of time, fur raised on Facebook and... read more →