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Extreme Wine: The Worst?
What’s the worst wine in the world? Not the worst type of wine, varietal or style (these are matters of taste and degustibus non est disputandum here at The Wine Economist). And let’s rule out the...
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Bottled Poetry: Historical Perspective on Napa Wine
James T. Lapsley, Bottled Poetry: Napa Winemaking from Prohibition to the Modern Era. University of California Press, 1996. I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel with James Lapsley at a conference...
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Wine Myths (and Reality)
Benjamin Lewin MW, Wine Myths and Reality. Vendage Press, 2010. They say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover (or a wine by its label?), but does weight offer any clue to quality? Some...
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Biodynamic Wine in Chile: More Questions than Answers
Regular readers of The Wine Economist know that I get a lot of insights from my students and former students. Marina Balleria, one of my current students at the University of Puget Sound, studied in...
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Extreme Wine: A Certain Idea of Malbec
One of my goals in coming to Mendoza was to add to my collection of Extreme Wine stories (yes, I’m working on another book). I was thinking that the story would be the Great Malbec Boom, one of the...
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Biodynamics: The DooDoo VooDoo Yoga Effect
Katherine Cole, Voodoo Vintners: Oregon’s Astonishing Biodynamic Winegrowers. Oregon State University Press, 2011. You can’t come to Oregon and speak about “green wine” as I did a couple of weeks ago...
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Authentic Wine: Terroirist Manifesto and DIY Guide
Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop MW, Authentic Wine: toward natural and sustainable winemaking. University of California Press, 2011. “The wine industry is at a crossroads,” write Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop...
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Wine Science: Better Drinking Through Chemistry
I’m always excited to read the final papers written by students in my class on “The Idea of Wine.” The students come from all corners of the university and bring with them a diverse range of skills,...
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Sniff & Swirl Meets Bits & Bytes
Marshall: Ordinary businessman Alfred Marshall defined economics as the study of people as they go about the ordinary business of life. People who love wine believe that it is special and they are...
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The Real Dirt on the Parker Theory and Chateau Al Gore
The new issue of the Journal of Wine Economics (JWE) leads off with a fascinating article by Julian M. Alston, Kate B. Fuller, James T. Lapsley and George Soleas titled “Too Much of a Good Thing?...
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Jamie Goode’s New Book: Second Thoughts on Wine Science
Jamie Goode, The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass 2/e. University of California Press, 2014. Jamie Goode’s 2005 book on The Science of Wine is one of my favorites — I’ve read it from cover to cover...
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Natural Cork vs Alternative Closure Wars: Race to the [Wine Bottle] Top
At the end of my review of To Cork or Not to Cork, George Taber’s informative 2007 survey of the wine bottle closure wars, I vented some frustration. Not with the book, which is great, but with the...
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Wine Science: Better Drinking Through Chemistry
I’m always excited to read the final papers written by students in my class on “The Idea of Wine.” The students come from all corners of the university and bring with them a diverse range of skills,...
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The Future of Italian Wine is in Good Hands
Deborah Gelisi wiped the tears from her face, took a deep breath, and continued with her presentation on the importance of sustainability for Italian wine producers. It wasn’t an easy thing to do....
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Wine Book Reviews: Vino, Économie, Le Guerre & Leonardo’s Vines
Four wine books with intertnational twists for your reading consideration. >>><<< Alessandro Torcoli, In Vino Veritas: Praticamente tutto quello che serve sapere (davvero) sul vino....
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Book Reviews: A Hedgehog and a Fox Walk into a Wine Bar …
So a hedgehog and a fox walk into a bar and they naturally fall into a debate about wine. The clever fox, as anyone who has studied Isaiah Berlin’s famous essay will remember, knows many things and...
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