Month: August 2025

The wine world isn’t unique in prizing expertise; Let’s just say that it does so to a remarkably exaggerated degree. Ask someone, just offhand, to associate a subject domain with the … Must You Be a Know-it-all?Read more

The sommelier is a glam character right now.  Programs from the Institute of Masters of Wine and Court of Master Sommeliers provide demanding, high-level career training and place their grads in … Got Somm Envy?Read more

One of the most frequent, and perfectly reasonable, questions we’re asked to field from day to day has to do with the state of readiness of a given bottle: Is this … Ready or NotRead more

Lovers of wine and the vine can be found all over the world, in every known clime and every inhabited continent. Meanwhile, the places where wine can actually be produced are … HeartlandsRead more