Sooner or later: Ripe for rethinking
As the climate crisis bites, should growers focus on extending ripening times or advancing picking times?
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David Schildknecht
David Schildknecht reviews wines from Austria, Germany, and the Loire for Vinous. He is also a columnist for Vinaria and The World of Fine Wine, as well as a contributor to Wine & Spirits.
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Fortuitous inclusivenes
Champagne's flexible approach is one of the appellation's greatest strengths.
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Natural wine: Fine wine’s funky future?
Natural wine is a rare corner of the wine world that excites younger drinkers. The fine wine world should…
ByLa Tâche, wine, and art: The stakeholders’ dilemma
Andrew Jefford (WFW 72, pp.132–37) deems what he terms “wine’s transactional flaw” inevitable, due to wine’s inherent nature as…
ByAppellations and categories: Spurious specifications
The scourge of “appellationism” has already been treated in this series of columns (WFW 62, p.44; WFW 63, p.50),…
ByOn typicity in wine: Bandwidth
When it comes to typicity in wine, it’s increasingly hard to make generalizations, says David Schildknecht. The diversification that…
ByBeginner’s palate
In a packed Carnegie Hall, just two days before New York City recorded its first infections from a virus…
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