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Wine Rating Standards: Against Dumbing Down
Professions develop their own standards. Often these standards reflect their self-interests and hide serious flaws. Unfortunately, the wine ranking systems which are widely in use do not reflect the inherent…
Drinking the Past
Hegel, a 19th century German philosopher, thought history only makes sense retrospectively, or, as he put it, “the owl of Minerva [symbolizing wisdom] spreads its wings only with the falling…
Wine Rating Standards: Against Dumbing Down
Professions develop their own standards. Often these standards reflect their self-interests and…
Drinking the Past
Hegel, a 19th century German philosopher, thought history only makes sense retrospectively,…
Tête de Cuvée: Inside the Head of the Talented Sommelier Michele Smith
Nothing has shaped my thinking and preferences in ambitious restaurant dining more…
Greece’s Wine Modernism
Greek wine might be experiencing global recognition in the past 30 years…
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