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Blog Posts
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Time to Make Some Room on the Bookshelf: An Updated Recommended Reading List
One of the enduring features of Musings on the Vine has been my Recommended Reading list. Over the years, I’ve shared books on wine, food, history, and the occasional unlikely subject such as salt, cod, or caviar. Looking back through those recommendations recently, I was reminded how many remarkable authors have shaped my own understanding… Read More
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Beyond the Label: What ‘Old Vine’ Really Means
Spend enough time around wine enthusiasts and sooner or later you’ll encounter the term Old Vine. Usually, it’s presented as a badge of honor. The label seems to suggest that older vines automatically produce superior wines and that younger vines are somehow less worthy of attention. As with many things in wine, reality is a… Read More
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Rome: The Empire That Gave Us Fine Wine
One of my favorite classes to teach is The History of Italy in Ten Glasses. A few years ago, during one of my History of Italy in Ten Glasses classes, we were discussing the Roman roots of Italian wine while tasting a Valpolicella. A student stopped, looked down at their glass for a moment, and… Read More
