I recently got to join the fun folks at Mad Art Cast, the podcast of Mad Art Lab on the Skepchick Network, to discuss the science (and lack thereof) behind biodynamic wine. We got into a great discussion about wine romanticism, mysticism, and spirituality, and the relationship between wine and artists. Have a listen here! Read the full article.
The first time I tried a Catherine Marshall wine I was at Aubergine Restaurant in Cape Town during my mom’s visit to SA. It was so different from anything I’d tasted in South Africa––clearly pinot noir, and yet so different from any pinot I’d ever had. Such delicate acidity, mineral undercurrents, with a truly South African dark-berries fruit profile. I still remember it. Read the full article.
I get to taste a lot of wine in my new job. That’s sort of the point––it’s why I wanted this particular gig, to have the kind of palate that you only get from constant tasting of wines from all over the world––and it’s what I have to do to be worth a damn at it. Sometimes, in addition to finding good wines for our customers, I find a good wine for me. This is one of those. Read the full article.
Last weekend I packed as much Napa into four days as is humanly possible. My dear friend Sara had called me up a few months back to see if I wanted to join her family on a trip to the Bay Area, which would include wine tasting and a trip to French Laundry. They’d need a wine person in tow, and Sara wanted a running buddy. Read the full article.
I became acquainted with Reyneke Wines when some of their cows found their way to De Toren during my time there for the 2011 harvest. (When they say “free range,” they mean it!) Since then, I’ve heard the farm’s name come up regularly in conversations about biodynamics, and a friend recently directed me to Johan Reyneke’s appearance on the excellent podcast The Splendid Table. Read the full article.