One night, the soul of wine was singing in the flask: “O man, dear disinherited! to you I sing This song full of light and of brotherhood From my prison of glass with its scarlet wax seals. … For I feel a boundless joy when I flow Down the throat of a man worn out by his labor; His warm
Are you making a mistake drinking your own wine? Nigel Green of New Zealand’s Felton Road has a visceral piece on “growing up” in wine. Before long I had discovered a remarkable world: one perhaps unique in commerce. In any other profession we would be rivals, but in wine there was a spirit of comradeship, not competition. Everybody would help
Are we fooling ourselves with wine quality? Marcus Ansems, over at Daydreamer Wines, had a great Instagram post on wine quality. I have high respect for Marcus, for his work and knowledge, as well as the quality wine he’s producing from a difficult site. Marcus summarizes the traditional view of wine quality: How typical is it? ie. does a Bordeaux
