tasting
Latest tasting
Book reviews
Behind the Glass – book review
The science behind tasting 'one of the most complex solutions in the world' – wine. Behind the Glass The chemical and sensorial terroir of wine tasting Gus Zhu MW Published...
Tamlyn Currin
Thursday 10 October 2024
• 1 min read
More tasting
Free for all
Pierazzo da Feltre, one of the honourably mentioned finalists in our wine writing competition, urges us to take up the...
Hemming's spittoon
Optical illusion courtesy of MedithIT
Implicitly, we trust our senses. Our sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell are constantly assessing...
Free for all
Caroline Gilby MW is well known in wine circles for her unrivalled knowledge of wine production in eastern Europe. She...
Free for all
James Flewellen is no stranger to JancisRobinson.com. See, for example, this review of a book on wine tasting he co-wrote...
Book reviews
For links to all of Tam's reviews of wine books published in 2016, see this guide .
Your Wine Questions...
Free for all
A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See this follow-up symposium o minerality in...
Free for all
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Wine tourism is flourishing as never before and bottles...
Hemming's spittoon
After excoriating scoring here several months ago, let the spittoon of scorn now pour forth on its tasting-note bedfellow, the...
Don't quote me
The rarity of experiencing utter blackness becomes apparent only once you are immersed in it. Mundanely speaking, it is the...
Free for all
If you read my article earlier this year about heroic microbiologists, you will know that I am increasingly fascinated by...
Free for all
10 Mar 2016 Reminded by Alex’s splendid column last week about learning to taste blind, we are republishing this useful...
Alex on taste
Every February I permit myself a bit of nostalgia when in the middle of the month the annual varsity blind...
Free for all
Joss Fowler (pictured) wrote several revelatory articles for us a few months ago and muses below on the topic of...
Free for all
12 January See the overwhelming results of this poll in Consumers prefer commentators to taste blind . 31 December We...
Free for all
3 December 2015 Since there has been a revival of interest in the concept of minerality on our members' forum...
Don't quote me
Australian wine competitions are a notorious proving ground for the wine industry. For producers, they offer the opportunity of winning...
Choose your plan
Celebrating 25 years of building the world’s most trusted wine community
In honour of our anniversary, enjoy 25% off all annual and gift memberships for a limited time.
Use code HOLIDAY25 to join our community of wine experts and enthusiasts. Valid through 1 January.
Member
$135
/year
Ideal for wine enthusiasts
- Access 285,317 wine reviews & 15,802 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
Inner Circle
$249
/year
Ideal for collectors
- Access 285,317 wine reviews & 15,802 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
Professional
$299
/year
For individual wine professionals
- Access 285,317 wine reviews & 15,802 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
- Commercial use of up to 25 wine reviews & scores for marketing
Business
$399
/year
For companies in the wine trade
- Access 285,317 wine reviews & 15,802 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
- Commercial use of up to 250 wine reviews & scores for marketing