Palate Shepherd
Two Shepherds Vineyards may be new, but winemaker William Allen is producing Rhône-style wines with finesse and gravity. Here, an interview with tasting notes.
Features
Old World, New World, New Words
The Old World/New World dialectic in wine writing is outdated, and writers need new ways to describe what they truly experience.
Writing About Wine
Wine is visceral, sensual, sensorial. When you begin a story about wine, you must switch on your reader.
Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients
Should a wine label display the ingredients used in winemaking? A seasoned wine writer and marketer—and avid wine consumer—considers the issues.
Happy Birthday, Julia Child
Julia Child would have been 100 years old today. She hasn’t been gone long; she died only in 2004, two days before her 92nd…
2012 Wine Blog Award Finalist
I’m surprised and pleased to announce that a story I wrote recently for Palate Press has been selected as a finalist for “Best Blog Post of 2012.” If you enjoy my writing, I welcome your support. Please cast your vote here.
2012 Wine Blog Award Nominations
Nominations opened today for the 2012 Wine Blog Awards, recognizing excellence in wine writing by those who self-publish online. I'm pleased already to have been…
Without Reservation
I met my mother for lunch recently at a restaurant in town. We don’t eat there often, maybe once or twice a year. It…
Brachetto, Birthday
My birthday’s on the winter solstice, and it fell on a Wednesday this year. It was a normal, if very dark, work day. I didn’t…
Tea and Wine
In the day it’s black tea, in the evening red wine. It’s always something because this isn’t quite right, isn’t enough, or quite what…
Twenty-four Theses
We taste with four of our five senses: sight, smell, taste, and touch. (We don’t use our ears to taste, but you may have…
Steamy
Onions. Butter. Heat.