Wine Writers’ Myths

Myths that paper over taste quality.

Writers On Critics’ Scores

Selling authentic wine, bad or good?

Wild Yeast

Debunking Wild Yeast Fermentation

The Democracy of Wine

Why do Wine Companies Resist Ratings? In much the same way that "Image is Everything" became a pop culture battle cry during the nineties, it is this kind of wild excess, coupled with ubiquitous and clichéd overstatements about cult wines, that has established an ephemeral rating system which finds peculiar favor among Americans.

An Ideal Wine

One Generation's Pursuit of Perfection - and Profit - in California