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    The Sulfite Myth: Why The Headache Story Is (Mostly) Wrong

    September 10, 2025

    The patient at the headache clinic could drink a vodka soda without consequence. Whisky was fine. Gin was fine. Two…

    Regions & Terroir

    Assyrtiko Beyond Santorini: The Mainland Greek Push

    September 3, 2025

    Two glasses sit on a tasting bench, both Assyrtiko, both from the 2022 vintage. The one on the left is…

    Sustainability & Natural Wine

    Dry Farming’s Quiet Comeback: California’s Drought-Era Revival of an Old Technique

    August 27, 2025

    A dry-farmed vine in its third leaf is not, on the surface, a sympathetic object. The canopy is sparser than…

    The Table

    The Glass Matters (More Than You’d Think): What Riedel’s Research Actually Proves

    August 20, 2025

    Riedel sells thirty-plus varietal glasses. A 2015 Tokyo sniff-cam study and 2001 research show how many wine glass shapes actually matter.

    The Craft

    Stems In, Stems Out: Whole-Cluster Fermentation and What Pinot Noir Actually Asks For

    August 13, 2025

    Whole-cluster fermentation is Pinot Noir’s most consequential cellar decision: stems in or stems out, no third option. What the technique really delivers.

    Regions & Terroir

    The Most Misunderstood Wine In France: Jura’s Vin Jaune And The Veil

    August 6, 2025

    Vin jaune is France’s most misunderstood premium white: Savagnin aged six years under a veil of yeast in the Jura, with the 620ml clavelin proving the loss.

    Sustainability & Natural Wine

    Cover Crops & Carbon: How Vineyard Soil Is Becoming A Climate Sink

    July 30, 2025

    Cover crops in vineyards sequester up to four times the carbon of typical cropland. The science, the trade-offs, and what leading regions now require.

    The Table

    Restaurant Wine Markup Decoded: How To Read A Wine List Like A Sommelier

    July 23, 2025

    The math is not arbitrary, the multiplier is not uniform, and the second-cheapest bottle is not the trap. How sommeliers actually build restaurant wine markup.

    The Craft

    Concrete Eggs vs Oak Barrels: The Vessel Revolution Reshaping White Wine

    July 16, 2025

    In the autumn of 2001, Michel Chapoutier walked into a concrete workshop on the eastern edge of Burgundy and asked…

    Industry & Culture

    The Provenance Question: Why Wine Auctions Care More About Storage Than Vintage

    July 9, 2025

    In a private cellar somewhere in Southern California, a magnum of Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes-Mares 1923 sat on a rack…

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