Changing palates
"Nothing else in our lives remains static for decade after decade, so why should our taste in wine not evolve?"
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Are you now or have you ever been “fine wine?”
Whether it's schlock wine, good wine, or fine wine, the question we should all be asking is, "Why was this…
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Wine-tasting: Perfect for AI?
Is it time for a machine to replace the wine critic?
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A treasure trove of more than 20,000 evocative, information-rich tasting notes
WFW has launched a fully searchable database comprising every tasting note published in the magazine's history.
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From the vaults: Minerality—metaphor and myth
In a vintage post from 2017, David Schildknecht takes an intellectual scalpel to a newly fashionable tasting term.
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Geosensory tasting: The rebirth of an ancient art
The remarkable return of a 12th-century tasting method that puts the emphasis on mouthfeel rather than aroma.
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Covid-19: What it means to be without smell
Barry C Smith presents a fascinating overview of the frequently documented phenomenon of smell loss throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, which…
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Keywords: Aroma
Continuing his series looking at the philosophical implications of widely used terms in the modern wine lexicon, Barry C Smith…
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