Do wine scores really matter? Is that 98 point Cab Sauv from Napa really THAT good...maybe..maybe not. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone is trying to sell me a bottle of wine and they instantly reference the point score the bottle received from a major wine publication or critic. I know I'll probably anger a few people reading this but hey its my opinion. This has long been a debate among Somms. On one side, points do give you a reference point on where that wine s

It’s 2018…wow.. here we go. I’ve decided to focus exclusively on the Wine Professor. New year, new me, new wine right? Right off the bat, I want to make it clear that my goal here is to educate those interested in wine. We live in such a fascinating time for wine; I would even go as far as calling this a “Golden Age” for wine. Think about it, when our parents were growing up, finding good wine was a luxury, a hobby for the wealthy, and wine from other parts of the world were

As our societies continue to push forward discovering new technologies and innovations, we can't help, in the same breath, to look back at what has come before us. We've brought so many artifacts with us through time, developing them to fit the modern world. One example: wine. But the truth of the matter is, we STILL don't know everything about wine. And when I ask myself if I will ever know everything there is about wine? The honest truth is no. But I’m okay with that. The j