Minerality is an imprecise, controversial wine descriptor. Does it mean anything? Does it mean whatever someone wants it to mean? Continue reading “Minerality. Myth or real thing? 11-3-2021”
Category: Recent Columns
Halloween 10-27-2021
Halloween can be a frightful challenge for a wine writer. Continue reading “Halloween 10-27-2021”
Wine containers and closures
Before you can appreciate a wine you have to open it. In times past, that meant pulling a cork from a glass bottle. Not so much today. Continue reading “Wine containers and closures”
Wine and shipping containers
COVID has disrupted our lives for almost two years. Wine did not dodge that viral bullet. Continue reading “Wine and shipping containers”
Wine critic scores
Finding words to describe wine overflows with challenges and trouble. To steal from Martin Mull, writing about wine is like dancing about architecture. Continue reading “Wine critic scores”
Dry sherry
Sherry has a bad reputation engendered by sweet sherries and cooking sherries. Move past that. Continue reading “Dry sherry”
Acidity in wine
Wine acidity is something to be treasured, not feared. Acidity gives wine stability and wine’s ability to age. Continue reading “Acidity in wine”
Sweetness in wine
Sweetness in wine is fruitful ground for disputation. Some will never drink sweet. Others will drink nothing else. Continue reading “Sweetness in wine”
Wine and alcohol
Every wine columnist walks a tightrope. Wine, after all, is alcohol. And America, and the world for that matter, has been embroiled in a vacillating relationship with alcohol for perhaps 10 millennia. Continue reading “Wine and alcohol”
Labor Day 2021
We have made another trip around the sun and Labor Day arrives Monday. Continue reading “Labor Day 2021”