Global warming is producing more and more phenolically ripe and richer wines. The wines are getting riper and riper, and those with lesser, or smaller, terroirs are losing the crucial balance between sweet ripe fruit and freshness in the form of acidity, terroir and energy. Let's face it ... in …
Rude or Nude
Tedious or – Worse – Annoying Wines
This week I was planning a small yet, apparently, controversial expansion to the vin d'emotion scale to include the missing bottom end, meaning the wines I don't enjoy, or that are simply bad. This turned out to be highly charged. Calling a wine awful is clearly too much for delicate French …
Rude or Nude #1: Label Whores
Writing for the the web, and reviewing wine, are complex matters, and people sometimes tend to take even slightly negative comments or articles very seriously. I live in Burgundy, and I see the good, bad, and ugly sides of this beautiful region. I love it, and while perhaps this doesn't give me …