Archive for the ‘Wine Education’ Category
Joan Acocella offers an observation in the latest issue of the New Yorker that is so fundamental and so critical to those of us who possess an over abundance of interest in wine, it’s hard to believe you don’t see it noted more often: "historically [the hangover] is not a subject that has captured scientists’ hearts." For those of us with that over abundance of interest in wine, the importance of this observation should be obvious. But Acocella, in her…
My golf coach recently confirmed what I think I already knew: "Tom, you’ve got to get out of your head." Translation: my proclivity to live in my head and to think too much interrupts my need to execute really well a body-driven activity on the golf course. Thinking about my coach’s advice with regard to golfing, I realized that I’m going to have to work very hard to accommodate him, because I’ve always found much more pleasure in intellectualizing what…
I’m going to buy this wine…because I just think it’s terribly cool that a winery would honor one of the greatest jazz vocalists in the history of the genre. (Have you ever heard Ella sing "mack the knife"?!!?) However, I’m probably not going to drink this Domaine Carneros Sparkling Wine while listening to any jazz, including Ella. Here’s why. I’ve long believed that even given the range and the diversity of the Jazz genre, the absolutely most appropriate drink to…
Having reconciled myself to the idea that there is no such thing as an objective criteria for quality in any category of wine, I began deliberating on what I think we all must do to bring reason to our palate and preferences; to put our preferential house in order, so to speak. What I began looking for were other artistic (yes, artistic) creations that might serve as a model for my personal beliefs about wine quality. What I was looking…
Depending on your spiritual and moral disposition, there may not be anything too wrong with beating a dead horse. This post might reveal my spiritual and moral disposition. I wonder if the critical establishment surrounding wine is too unforgiving. I wonder if the predilection among the reviewing class is that it tends to oversubscribe to the notion that a wine can be too wrong, rather that right enough for those who will put up with its character. Oddly I was…
