Perhaps the rarest bottles of wine are the ones that are just barely corked, minimally damaged enough that they are still drinkable. Most flaws in wine exist somewhere on a spectrum, some amount being acceptable or even enjoyable to the right palette. Cork taint (TCA - 2,4,6 trichloroanisole if you’re a nerd) is special because …
Wine Shop Shop Talk
Alright partner, per furious requests today we're talking about how, when faced with the occasionally infuriating experience of wine shopping, to buy a bottle you will enjoy. I'm gonna go through a few scenarios here based on three tiers of wine knowledge and experience. I'll preface this by saying that no matter how much knowledge …
What does wine mean?
Essentially? Who knows. As with any meaningful thing or concept with enough depth for real meaning to exist unto itself, you can basically make any claim you want. Is it a symbol of history, place, labor, and culture? Sure. Is it the best thing to drink with your pals to demonstrate a more sophisticated set …
Wine Age
There are already a ton of articles on this subject, but then again I guess that can be said about most things. I'll try to make this a bit different than others. In one way or another, you've probably been told at some point that older wine is better. It's not completely wrong; when a …
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 …
First Post/ Welcome?
This blog is an opportunity for us to be able to vent/rant/have some sort of forum for us to discuss and share our opinions and experiences with wine, as well as a means of educating those who are curious about wine and want to learn more. We certainly don't want to come across as snobby …
Cork Taint 