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Learning About Writing About Wine: A Shifting Target
Wine writers love to talk about wine writing, but they seldom talk about what they're doing to become a better wine writer. Here's what I'm doing now. The post Learning About Writing About Wine: A...
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Wine With Salad: Pairing Tricks from the Pros
You can't pair wine with salad, can you? Yes, you can, and here are a dozen tricks that show you how. The post Wine With Salad: Pairing Tricks from the Pros appeared first on PALATE PRESS.
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Lingering Flavors, Lingering Questions: Tasting Grüner Veltliner with Aldo Sohm
A tasting led by Master Sommelier Aldo Sohm demonstrates Grüner Veltliner's expressive range and raises questions about the taste of terroir. The post Lingering Flavors, Lingering Questions: Tasting...
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Monastrell: It’s From Murcia
A recent tasting tour in Murcia, Spain, proved that the region's now producing high-quality Monastrell with great vitality and vibrancy—and at great prices. The post Monastrell: It’s From Murcia...
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What I Learned Inside the CIA
I love to cook and love to learn, so when the Culinary Institute of America invited me to attend one of their culinary Boot Camps, gratis, I pounced. The post What I Learned Inside the CIA appeared...
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The Fifth Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting: A Judge’s Report
Something curious happens when you taste 200 wines over the course of two days. I don’t mean the physical fatigue, although that’s considerable. I mean something more subtle—and far more valuable. It...
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2013 REDUX / Five Bottles: A New Old Way to Evaluate Wine
To write sympathetically about a wine, I need to experience it as part of real life. I need to drink it, and more than just once. The post 2013 REDUX / Five Bottles: A New Old Way to Evaluate Wine...
View ArticleRiesling Goes With Everything, and Sixteen Other Rules for Pairing Wine with...
I’ve put together a short list of pairing rules I’ve derived over the years, lessons learned both by reading and by studying what’s in the glass, and on the plate, before me.
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