In Pursuit of Beauty
What Matters When You Taste Wine By Karen MacNeil I once had an employee (a woman who was smart and knew a lot about wine) who, when she loved a wine would always describe it as “pretty.” It drove me crazy. Just about every time she used that descriptor, I’d...
Does Wine Have Social Value?
Why Do You Drink Wine? One of my favorite questions to ask wine drinkers is why they drink wine. Most people stop for a second, unsure of how to answer.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
ONE THING THAT’S KILLING THE WINE INDUSTRY
When Coravin entered the wine universe in 2013, the vinous planets realigned. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Is Wine in the Alcohol Business?
Recently, a reporter asked me if I thought the wine industry was doing enoughThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
HIDING GUILT AND RACISM
I live in California which has the highest share of undocumented crop workers in the country. But California is not alone. In the U.S. as a whole, 42% of agricultural workers are undocumented according to the USDA.The following content is accessible for members only,...
“The wine one drinks from one’s glass depends on a vast number of thingsThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.