Years ago, at a blind tasting with a few other wine obsessives, I confidently guessed the same grape for two glasses that turned out to be nothing alike. Different country, different colour, different everything on paper. I blamed it on a long day and moved on. I think about that…
Some wines make me thirsty. Not all of them, which took me a while to notice. I’ll finish a glass of one red and feel completely normal. Then on a different night, with a different wine, I’m reaching for water before I’ve even cleared half the glass. Real thirst, the…
Every wine has a season it’s built for, whether anyone admits it or not. Rosé wants sunshine. Prosecco wants a terrace. And somewhere around the point where you start wearing a scarf indoors, out of necessity and not fashion, a certain kind of red wine finally gets let off the…
Most wine gets picked, fermented, bottled, and shipped inside a year. Nobody’s money sits around waiting. Barolo doesn’t get that luxury. And it’s not because the producer is being precious about it. It’s the law. Italian regulation requires every bottle labeled Barolo to age a minimum of 38 months before…
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