Retsina: The Wine Greece Never Stopped Making On Purpose

The reason Greek wine used to taste of pine disappeared centuries ago. Producers kept adding the pine anyway.

Beaujolais Nouveau And The Wine Race That Took Over The World

The wine everyone treats as a marketing gimmick is actually made by a completely different fermentation method — and it's dragging serious Beaujolais down with it.

Box Wine Isn't What You Think It Is

The stigma is about the packaging looking cheap, not about what's actually inside it — and the packaging is genuinely cleverer than a bottle in one specific way.

Why Does Wine Give You A Headache (But Beer Doesn't)?

The sulfites on the label are the wrong thing to be angry at. The real suspects are harder to spot and nowhere near as settled.

How Is Rosé Actually Made?

Not red and white blended together — that's banned almost everywhere it matters. The real methods say a lot more about the wine in the glass.

Why Can't You Serve White Wine With Meat?

You can, often better than red — it was always about weight, not the colour of the meat on the plate.

Why Can't You Serve Red Wine With Fish?

You can — the real rule is much narrower than the one everyone repeats, and it has nothing to do with colour.

Are Expensive Wines Always Better?

Past a certain price, you are mostly paying for land, scarcity and a story — not a proportionally better glass of wine.

Are Older Wines Always Better?

A vintage on the label is not an achievement by itself. For most wine ever made, ageing it is just a slow way to ruin it.