Month: April 2016

TBILISI, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA.  If the steeply winding, cobble-stoned climb from Tibilisi’s old town up Metekhi Rise leaves you with any breath at all, be prepared for the view from its … <span class="entry-title-primary">Where English is spoken but only Georgian is drunk</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Cozy spot in Tbilisi Old Town sources natural wines from peasant vintners</span>Read more

We’ve devoted several radio spots to the question of how wine is priced and whether it’s always possible for even experts to accurately guess a wine’s price by taste alone. Recently … <span class="entry-title-primary">What’s the difference between expensive and inexpensive wine?</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">America's Test Kitchen Radio</span>Read more

I drew this cartoon a few years ago after a conversation with my wife about just how much the where and the when of wine affects our experience of it. It’s … <span class="entry-title-primary">When we drank it in Tuscany . . .</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Imagination is wine's secret sauce</span>Read more

One of the more remarkable things about wine is the reverence that people seem to have for it. And I don’t just mean among geeks; you see this in people with … <span class="entry-title-primary">Water into wine</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">America's Test Kitchen Radio</span>Read more