Why the Tongue Map is Totally Wrong
I still hear people talk about the infamous “Tongue Map” when describing what they taste in a wine.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Wine and Emotion
Chris Carpenter has been the longtime winemaker of Cardinale,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
The (Unthinkable) End of Wine?
Four years ago, the World Economic Forum reported that extreme,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Are Smaller Bubbles Really Better?
The first time I went to the Champagne region, a winemaker took me aside and showedThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells
Book Review No one knows more about the science of food and cooking (and no one explains it better) than Harold McGee whose book On Food and Cooking is the bible on that subject. Now, in his just released new book Nose Dive, McGee turns his attention to the...
Why So Much Italian Wine?
In the United States, most of the wine that’s imported is Italian. In 2025 some 93.2 million gallons of Italian wine were imported into this country. In fact, Italian wine has led US imports for decades, hitting a peak in 2021 with 43% of all US table wine imports. Is it because Italian wine is just so good? I love lots of Italian wine, but I’m sure “goodness” has nothing to do with it. What does? The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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