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Wine Paradoxes
“When France Started Cheering for Beer” You can read the previous issue of “Wine Paradoxes” here… Why did the French, for the first time in decades, begin drinking more beer than wine—and what does football have to do with it? Sometimes the deepest cultural shifts are best explained not through dry statistics, but through the… →
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“The Sale of Time”
DRC 1945. The Last Voice of Pre-War Burgundy You can read the previous chapters here… Chapter 5. Acker’s Auction, 2026 (Voice-over): “My American seclusion lasted eight years, and now, under security escort, I arrived in New York. I never managed to see the Statue of Liberty, visit Wall Street where my potential future owners work,… →
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«The Sale of Time»
Episode 2 You can read Episode 1 here DRC 1945 The Last Voice of Pre-War Burgundy The Rediscovered Film About the Long Memory of a Wine Bottle In 2026, at an auction in New York, a bottle of Burgundy wine was sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The sale attracted enormous media attention. But… →
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“Selling Time”
Episode 1 Dom Pérignon 1961 and the Wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles You can read the previous part here… Chapter 3. Diana as a Symbol of the End of an Era Over time, the value of this bottle came to be defined by far more than its rarity as an exceptional champagne. What… →
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“Selling Time”
Episode 1 Dom Pérignon 1961 and the Wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles Chapter 1. Champagne of a Vanished Fairytale Bottles of champagne served at the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana appeared at auction decades later for enormous sums of money. Once, it was simply champagne for a royal celebration. But over… →
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The Life of Wine Regions
A Few Stories About How and Where Great Wines Are Born Part I. Bordeaux You can read Chapter 1 here… Chapter 2. Château Latour Why Is Château Latour Considered One of the Greatest Wines of Bordeaux? The story of Château Latour began long before the famous 1855 Bordeaux Classification. As early as the seventeenth century,… →
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The Life of Wine Regions
A Few Stories About How and Where Great Wines Are Born “Great wines rarely emerge by accident.But almost always—unexpectedly.” Introduction There are countless books, atlases, and reference guides devoted to wine. They explain in detail grape varieties, soils, climates, and winemaking techniques. Through them, one can learn where Cabernet Sauvignon grows, how granite differs from… →
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Wine and Its Perception
Part One. Stories and Legends Surrounding Wine Chapter Two You can read Chapter One here… Do We Really Taste Wine—or What We Already Know About It? Sometimes we are not paying for the wine itself, but for a good story about it Here are a few examples of wine stories that have become deeply embedded… →
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Wine and Its Perception
Part One. Stories and Legends Surrounding Wine Why Can the Same Wine Taste Different? How stories, expectations, and the psychology of perception shape flavor even before the very first sip. Chapter One We Do Not Simply Drink Wine—We Drink Its Story 🍷🍽 …Marseille, France—Present Day A fine dining restaurant in Marseille, not far from the… →
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“Wine Trends of the Last 25 Years”
Trend No. 6: “Orange Wines” Chapter 3 You can read Chapter 2 here… Not Everything Needs to Be Understood. Some Things Are Meant to Be Lived. Orange wine isn’t something you fully understand from descriptions. Sometimes, you have to experience it where it comes from. 🌄 Kakheti Greg didn’t find the house. Not the bench… →
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“Wine Trends of the Last 25 Years”
Trend No. 6: “Orange Wines” Chapter 2. Why We Forgot It—and How We Remembered You can read Chapter 1 here… “We made wine correct. And then we began to remember what it once was.” Orange (or amber) wines are wines made from white grapes that are fermented with the skins, giving them a deeper color… →
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“Wine Trends of the Last 25 Years”
Trend No. 6: “Orange Wines” You can view Trend No. 5 here… (the return of something that never really disappeared) Orange (or amber) wines are wines made from white grapes that are fermented with the skins, much like red wines. This ancient method, known for thousands of years, is now experiencing a revival and has… →
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“Wine Trends of the Last 25 Years”
Trend No. 5. Sparkling Wine Conquers the Market: From Celebration to Everyday Life You can view Trend #4 here… The Paradox of Sparkling Wine We no longer wait for an occasion. We create it ourselves. Sparkling wine is one of the fastest-growing categories in the wine world. What was long associated with celebrations is now… →
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Pages of History
“The Case of the Ailing Wine” or how Louis Pasteur found an invisible culprit You can find the previous episode here… Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who, in the mid-19th century, demonstrated that wine spoilage is caused by microorganisms. His research not only helped save French winemaking but also laid the foundation… →