Hull, Huddersfield, and Zurich - The (Nuanced) Truth of Wine in 100 Years Time
In the north, such regions as Champagne and Burgundy have a continental climate, with severe winters and cool, often rainy autumns, meaning that grapes may not fully ripen, and thus produce wines that can be delicate and refined.
Karen MacNeil • The Wine Bible
Both the wine dealers and writers have a vested interest in maintaining their informational monopoly on the quality of wine. The dealers use the perennially inflated initial rankings as a way to stabilize prices.
Ian Ayres • Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Rather, the new territory of the future is described by philosophers as “plastic” or “liquid,” shapelessly shifting as each disruptive innovation or abandoned certitude washes away whatever fleeting sense of meaning that was only just embraced. A kind of foreboding of the times that have not yet arrived, a wariness about what’s next, settles in.
Nathan Gardels • The Perils Of Smashing The Past
Massively structured and adamantly tannic when young, nebbiolo (neb-ee-OH-low) from anything less than a fantastic vineyard can simply slam your palate closed and cause your taste buds to shrink away.
Karen MacNeil • The Wine Bible
use a 100-point rating scale,