Wine is a language enjoyed and learned through immersion—through tasting, listening, and returning to the glass again and again. Much of my own wine education has happened in wine bars, walking in vineyards with patient producers, and accepting generous pours in small cellars where stories are shared as freely as the wine. I don’t come to wine through years of restaurant service or access to constant trade tastings, but as a writer shaped by curiosity, conversation, and experience over time.…
Beyond the benchmarks: In search of a North Star wine
