wine writing Archives – Terroir Review

Reading List: January 9, 2022

Recommended stories on food, wine, farming, tradition, modernity — and how we talk about it all

This week’s recommended stories on food, wine, farming, and community

So we’re home alone during global pandemic. What wines do we reach for?

“Toward a New Lexicon for American Wine” takes first place in the 2018 Born Digital Wine Awards

Veteran wine writer Fredric Koeppel considers why wine writing matters

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?

This award-winning publication gets a fresh name, plus an expanded scope and mission

Exploring vital grapes with big personalities—if tiny footprints

I wrote about Hermann J. Wiemer’s Magdalena Riesling for the magazine’s 98th issue

These wines are characterized by vitality, focus, and balance

Evergreens and truffles bring the flavors of the wilderness to the table