Last week I attended Etna Days, a three-day excursion to taste the wines, visit the cellars, and dust my boots with volcanic soil. It was my fifth tour there, a chance to re-taste wines I’ve come to admire and discover new wines, too.

I’ve just published notes on 60 wines that were my favorites. Quality was so high overall it was hard to winnow the list, and my notes are but a taste. Enjoy.

https://terroirreview.com/2024/09/20/tasting-report-red-and-white-wines-of-mt-etna/

#wine #vino #winereview #winewriting #wineeducator #winetasting #winereview

I loved talking with Margot Mazur for their Substack, The Fizz. We had a rich conversation about the evolution of wine writing, wine language and lexicons, intersubjectivity, and where wine communications might be (or should be) headed.

#wine #winewriting #winelanguage

https://thefizz.substack.com/p/the-fizz-81-meg-maker-lobbies-for

Wow! Powerful words about not just wine writing, but about the very nature of wine itself. A must-read!

https://epicure.social/@wineworldnews/112255770658841809
wineworldnews - Thoughts worth reading:
NOTHING LEFT TO SAY? THE END OF WINE WRITING https://tinyurl.com/wwh4b28h by @KarenMacNeilCo

#WineWriting #Wine #WineCritic #WineInfluencers #WhyIsWineImportant

Wine is a constellation of traits fixed and mutable. The taster must understand both.

https://terroirreview.com/2024/03/01/genotype-phenotype-and-the-essence-of-wine/

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Natural wine was a movement founded on noble goals and ideals - the idea of creating more honest, authentic and expressive wine. But somewhere along the line, the message has become garbled.

I increasingly see signs that the category is at risk of becoming a parody of itself.

That's why I wrote this piece for @noblerotmag magazine, issue 32 published in June. Now I made it available for everyone to read at
https://themorningclaret.com/2023/natural-wine-shouldnt-be-a-style/

Illustrations by @paulyblow

#naturalwine #wine #winewriting

I routinely advocate for a fresh look at wine lexicons so was thrilled to be a guest on the terrific Wine Blast podcast, sharing my thoughts on a term we wine writers love to hate and hate to love, "minerality.”

https://susieandpeter.com/podcast-episodes/season-four/the-mystery-of-minerality/

#wine #winewriting #winelexicon #minerality

Wine writing evolves slowly, but some writers are accelerating the pace with new approaches that are personal, diverse, and inclusive.

I'll be speaking this Friday on the subject, exploring problems of existing lexicons and sharing examples of some new ways to work.

This talk is for members of the Circle of Wine Writers, but other members of the #wine trade are welcome. Drop a comment for the zoom link. 🥂

#wine #WineLanguage #WineLexicon #WineWriting