My first reaction to the recently-published study/synopsis on “Wine O’Clock” issued by the new firm Enolytics: Well… yeah… no sh*t! My second reaction to the recently-published study/synopsis on “Wine O’Clock” issued by the new firm Enolytics: Wait… holy crap! This is actually important (and I am an idiot)! At first blush, you might have the…
Category: commentary
That *Other* Antidote To Bordeaux-Bashing
As reported by Dr. Vino (and elsewhere), much-celebrated (and almost-as-often-maligned) consultant winemaker Michel Rolland was recently asked if there was an antidote to “Bordeaux-bashing” (i.e., a backlash against the Bordeaux region in general – and its most storied houses, in particular – for producing wines that are increasingly too similar and increasingly too expensive). You…
No, That Oral Microbiota Study Did Not Invalidate The History Of Wine Tasting
Let’s start with the short version: we all need to calm the hell down. If social media reaction is any indication, the wine world is losing its shiz over the potential implications of an interesting study highlighted recently on The Academic Wino blog by Becca Yeamans-Irwin. Why we seem to go through this in April…
Alcohol Probably Isn’t Good For You (But Don’t Start Crying Just Yet)
Recently, a 1WD reader wrote in to ask me what I thought about the recent spate of news indicating that alcohol is bad for your health. Here’s his initial correspondence, which he gave me permission to share with you all: Hey, Dude, I was reading a few articles in Decanter for class when I came…