Latest research: Wine allergies exist; you probably don’t have them. Continue reading “Wine allergy”
Category: Recent Columns
Grapes in a bottle
Grape harvests are largely done in the Northern Hemisphere, grapes are sorted, fermentation begun—in many cases finished—winemakers are taking stock, evaluating vintage, praying for magic. Continue reading “Grapes in a bottle”
Halloween 10-28-2015
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, ideal dramatis personae for annual Halloween column, and an opening into discussion of what happens when we enjoy more alcohol than prescribed by “drink responsibly.” Continue reading “Halloween 10-28-2015”
Bordeaux-Burgundy 10-21-2015
Bordeaux and Burgundy: both French, both delicious, both wonderful, both so different. Continue reading “Bordeaux-Burgundy 10-21-2015”
Wine costs 10-14-2015
Wine cost is a puzzlement. What is difference between $5 bottle, $50 bottle, $500 bottle? Continue reading “Wine costs 10-14-2015”
Wine-food science 10-7-2015
Wine is enjoyable for many reasons. In addition to regaling your palate, when sipped with friends wine lubricates conversation, promotes bonhomie and arouses warm feelings about the world in general. Wine drinkers appreciate all those good things. Continue reading “Wine-food science 10-7-2015”
Big data 9-30-2015
Big data is big nowadays. Big, really big—just look at the data.
When it comes to wine, however, big data is problematic because wine’s big data is bewildering. Continue reading “Big data 9-30-2015”
Parker 9-23-2015
Robert Parker. Like New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys, you either revile with corrosive intensity or adore with hagiographic veneration.
Arguably, Robert Parker made wine what it is today in U.S. The 100-point scale—his transformative gimmick—is why America is world’s largest consumer of wine. We were timid neophytes before. He made it possible for barefoot Pilgrim consumers to pretend they knew what they were doing.
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Wine stains 9-16-2015
Drink enough red wine and you are going to spill red wine. On clothes, tablecloths, rugs, maybe all of the above in one big, dramatic cataclysm.
What do you do?
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Sauv blanc 9-9-2015
Sauvignon blanc ranks as world class wine after once being associated with poorboy plonk or snooty French names no one understood. Long, strange journey.
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