In praise of the “mouth rinse”

W. Blake Gray
Features
3 min read
Kermit Lynch once described a wine he imported as "a mouth rinse." He meant it as praise. I saw this a decade ago and have never forgotten it. Nobody speaks well of simplicity in wine. It doesn't matter which side of the power vs. elegance debate you're on. Power fans

The trials of being organic

Simon J Woolf
Feature Stories
4 min read
Last week, the New Zealand Organic Focus Project gave a public presentation on three medium to large NZ wineries who participated in a side-by-side organic versus conventional agriculture trial. The aim was to demonstrate the relative ease or difficulty of conversion to organic viticulture. Palate Press's own Erika Szymanski reported

Book Review: The Essence of Wine

Mary Orlin
Feature Stories
4 min read
When you put your nose in a glass, you may love what you smell, but how often are you at a loss to describe that essence, that bouquet? Ah, the mystery of our sense of smell. It is powerful and we can't really control it. When we smell something, our

2012 Tiefenbrunner Turmhof Lagrein

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
With wild rose and lavender in the aroma, this wine has spicy, brambly dark red fruit too, and black cherry, especially on the mid- and end-palate. While the wine is somewhat herby and spicy, both tannins and acidity feel mild. Fruit is the overwhelming take-away with this wine, which pairs