Author: Stephen Meuse

For me, as for many kids growing up in New England, winter meant long hours logged chasing pucks on local ponds and early morning skirmishes at nearby rinks. Ice time meant hockey … Compulsory FiguresRead more

It’s a question we’re often called upon to answer. It’s true enough that we sometimes move things around a bit to keep the Wine Corner looking fresh, a practice that can … Where Did My Wine Go?Read more

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

It’s no mystery that quality is a rather mysterious concept; one of those things everyone understands perfectly until it’s time to define it. Judgments of quality in wine are particularly challenging … Quality Wine? What’s That?Read more

Call me Rosé. This is my story. I don’t claim to have had a more interesting life in wine than either of my fellow travellers, Red and White, nor do I profess … Rosé Spills ItRead more

Here in the Wine Corner, we spend much of our time trying put words to what we taste. It’s not unpleasant work, but it is often challenging. All wine can be … The Lexicon BanditsRead more

How many kinds of wine are there? It’s a question I’m often mulling, in part because the answer always seems so tantalizingly out of reach. The idea that the answer could … PlaythingsRead more

What makes a wine good, better or even best? It’s a challenging question and one that admits not only of multiple answers, but of more than one approach to its solution. … Tedious, Friendless, SexlessRead more

The following is a transcript of a Wine Corner Radio (WCR) interview conducted earlier this year on the station’s popular Wine Blather program. It has been edited for concision and clarity and run through … Five Minutes with the Wine BugRead more