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Bringing It All Together: Why Wine Still Has a Place at the Table Last week we explored how mindful wine enjoyment fits with Mediterranean diet research. This week in part 3, we’ll address the challenge of weaving it into the rhythm of a busy, modern week. Start with this one simple idea: calibrate what you…

Wine and the Mediterranean Diet: Why the Two Seem to Be Better Together Last week, I discussed how the mindful approach Hammond and I have settled into lines up almost exactly with a Mediterranean way of enjoying wine. This week we’ll delve deeper into the science behind why it matters. Most people think of the…

The wine world is changing, and it’s evolving because people are enjoying wine more deliberately. That’s the real story we don’t hear behind all of the headlines about declining wine sales. The biggest decline in wine sales centers around what I like to call “factory wine”. This is the stuff made by folks in lab…

In the last two weeks, we’ve had a detailed look at terroir: the combined influence of soil, climate, slope, and human stewardship on wine. To wrap up the series, this week, we’ll move from concept to the glass, with Burgundy providing perfect proof of terroir in action. Read Part One here… Read Part Two here……