Essays Archives – Terroir Review

Cider Can Learn From Wine’s Lexical Missteps

Cider commentary can profit from active efforts to rethink the lexicons of wine

When writing about food, probe five main questions

My introductory remarks from a panel session on rethinking the language of wine

I’d come to the Douro to see port being made. Now it was my turn to help make it.

A family makes its own traditions

Sweet memories of days at the lake.

Without the farmer there would be no farm. There would be no food. And, to our focus today: Without the farmer, there would be no wine.

Arguments and revelations, courtesy of Müller-Catoir’s luminous Rieslings.

We need a shared language to describe not just where, but how a wine was made

Evaluating a young red wine is an exercise in prognostication: Is the wine worthy? Also: Is the exercise worthy?

Blending is about more than attaining equilibrium

Lessons from opening a singular bottle—too late