This article was reproduced from a mailshot previously shared with Word on the Grapevine email subscribers. Join my free mailing list here for articles like these directly to your email before publication online. I’ve been around long enough to remember the fiery and vitriolic Vinfluencer affair of late 2020, including the notorious ‘Wine Bit*h’ lampoons published […] The post The Vinfluencers we deserve first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

This article was reproduced from a mailshot previously shared with Word on the Grapevine email subscribers. Join my free mailing list here for articles like these directly to your email before publication online. Between 1935 and 1978, various authors, professors and critics proposed scorecards and scales for grading wine. These scales varied in composition, ranging […] The post In defence of wine scores first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

In 2020, amidst a growing global pandemic, quarantined winemakers in Barolo enjoyed the second vintage in an impressive trifecta, concluding for some with next year’s 2021 release. Following treacherous heatwaves and damaging hail the year before, 2020 was comparatively mellow and mundane, despite being warmer overall, and only marginally drier. Importantly, the vintage was defined […] The post 2020 Barolo: quarantine, balance, and a growing contrast first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

2019 beckons welcome acclaim and widespread success in Barolo. Amidst an undeniably modern vintage, two important insights define the vintage. The post 2019 Barolo: a modern vintage, classic wines and changing tides first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

Between 1489 and 1493, famed Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci occasionally worked as... The post Timorasso: origin, viticulture, winemaking, and more first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

Between 1835 and 1846, Barolo went dry. Before then, winemakers vinified nebbiolo as... The post Oddero: historical foundations, substantial contributions and greater heights first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

Today, ‘conventional’ and ‘natural’ wine are more alike than any urbanite millennial or snooty... The post Wine’s paradox of polarity first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

Enticing maxims aside, the best winegrapes are seldom grown in extreme environments. Whereas... The post 2019 Barbaresco: unhurried vines make classic wines first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

Giovan Battista Burlotto bravely reorientated his family business. Today, Fabio Burlotto has taken G.B. Burlotto to new, exemplary heights. The post Burlotto: Arctic expeditions, Monvigliero and the ‘jewel of Verduno’ first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more

The vintage maketh the wine, at least perhaps in part. It is, of... The post 2018 Barolo: challenging conditions and gratifying wines first appeared on Word on the Grapevine ..read more