I’m about halfway through Alice Feiring’s book entitled “The Battle for Wine and Love or How I Saved the World from Parkerization” and I already feel the need to write about it.
Ms. Feiring is one of the most outspoken proponents of natural wine.  Unlike supporters of biodynamic and organic wine, who focus on healthy and natural vine cultivation, her position extends beyond the vineyard to shun modern techniques such as micro-oxygenation, use of non-native yeasts to accelerate the fermentation process and the addition of stablizing/preservative chemicals like sulfur.
As I read …

Last week, we discussed a handful of wine reference books perfect for all levels.  To keep riffing on the same topic, we’re including another 3 volumes that you might be interested in.  Again, the same rule applies – there are thousands of other books out there and this is not the end all and be all list.  If you have thoughts on another, please share!

Exploring Wine (Kolpan, Smith, Weiss) | This was first reference book I ever bought about 10 years ago, there is now an updated and recently published …