Can We Taste Minerality In Wine?

When taking the first nip of a new glass of wine one almost instantly tries to figure out which flavors and aromas we are tasting. It is often almost impossible not to do so. It just happens. It looks as if our senses and brain are programmed that way. So when for example we sip…

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Does Authentic Wine Exist?

One of the great marketing promises, especially in selling fine wine, is the claim of authenticity. The idea that a certain wine still is fully in accordance with the original nature and quality of the wine in question. The suggestion is then, that the wines are something like ‘identical’. So being made from grapes which…

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