Old world vs New world

Ah, the classic debate continues. It's a pretty strange (and completely useless in some regards) one, as you'll see in a minute. Generally speaking, anything in continental Europe is considered "old world" and anything outside of continental Europe is considered "new world". What old and new means is questionable, since South Africa was making wine …

Wine Structure

I was going to find a picture of a house of cards and then poorly photoshop wine bottles over them, but I decided it wasn't worth the effort. Anyway, thanks for reading yet another brilliant editorial on the nuances of wine. Today we're going to talk about wine "structure". What it means, what it can …

What is art?

I feel like that title is apt for the first real article. Wine 101 I guess. Anyway, I guess we gotta start somewhere. Let's just start at the most basic spot and build from there. Wine is fermented grape juice. Actually scratch that, wine is fermented fruit juice. Most of what we commonly refer to …