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D is for Dry
Dry wines have no perceived sweetness
Jun 2
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May 2026
Fire Wine, Marx and Engels, Cheese Words, Serving Temps, and Lessons From the Glass
This week’s favorite stories about food, wine, and culture
May 29
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C is for Connoisseurship
Connoisseurship is expertise in service of taste
May 26
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Public Displays, Private Gestures, Design Thinking, Doing the Work, and Deconstructing Taste
This week’s favorite stories about food, wine, and culture
May 22
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B is for Bouquet
Bouquet is a complex suite of aromas
May 20
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Chasing Aged Bordeaux
Tasting two 1995 Bordeaux wines, one fine, the other faulty. But how?
May 19
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New Tech, Novice Drinkers, Pinot Talk, Vermouth Summer, Transhumance, and Humanizing Wine
This week’s favorite stories about food, wine, and culture
May 14
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A is for Acid
Acidity contributes to a wine’s freshness and texture
May 13
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Vermont Wine Grows Into Its Future
Collaboration, strong narratives, and a hospitality mindset are propelling this young region forward
May 11
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Brunello, Biodynamics, Press Trips, a Fellowship, and The Theory of “Post-natural” Wine
This week’s favorite stories about food, wine, and culture
May 7
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Taste of Change
A palate learns. It also teaches.
May 4
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April 2026
Blouge, Beer, Failure, Frost, and Drinking Local Wine
This week’s favorite stories about food, wine, and culture
Apr 30
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