In a fascinating discussion with the philosopher Barry Smith, the French colour designer Florence de La Rivière talked about her stimulating new book, L’Oeil du Vin (The Look of Wine). Vision is not the forgotten sense – the title of an equally interesting book by...

Under my base-case scenario, the small California grape harvest in 2025 will go a long way toward reducing the inventory overhang, which should in turn help firm up grape demand in 2026. To help determine how quickly the inventory imbalance could be corrected, I’ve...

Everyone’s wondering how the world’s most trusted restaurant guide is going to break into the extremely saturated wine criticism game.