So, here I review some of my tools of the trade: my favourite wine glasses.
Video: the rare varieties tasting with Dr Jose Vouillamoz
Here’s the video from the rare grape varieties tasting conducted by Dr Jose Vouillamoz at the London Wine Trade Fair this week, organized by the Circle of Wine Writers. I’d…
Distracted by a book revision
Apologies for the slight slowing down on my blog. I haven’t been posting every day, as I normally do, because I have been fiendishly busy, revising my Wine Science book….
On soils and wines, part 6 – water relations and wine quality, plus a bit about clays
So, the next instalment in my exploration of the importance of soils for wine. This is really thinking aloud, so I’d love to hear comments and corrections. One of the…
Exploring the language of wine
I’m very interested in the language we use to describe wine. Could it be that our possession of descriptors for wine actually shapes the way that we experience wine? Can…
The mystery of soils and wine, part 1
To the ancients, the idea that plants are formed from the soil would have seemed self-evident. The communion between the roots and the earth suggests that the composition of plants,…
Q&A on oxygen and wine shipping and bottling
I have just taken some time to answer an email from a TV researcher about wine and oxygen, specifically related to shipping and bottling wine. Because it took a fair…
Fruity with a hint of drought, an article of mine in Nature
Those with a science background will understand why I’m chuffed to have got an article into the comments section of leading scientific journal Nature. It’s on the subject of climate…
Desensitization, adaptation and cross-adaptation – perils for wine tasting
One of the pitfalls in tasting is the way that our sensory systems are quite malleable. Take vision, for example. If you are out in the sunlight and then walk…