Daily Wine News: Grapping With Tragedy

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“Can wine help us make sense of tragedy? In the short term, it cannot; we push our glasses aside. Those tragically lost must be mourned and grieved over; this process cannot be hurried. There are no explanations for tragedy, though justice must take its course, and prevail. The excavation of truth may take decades.” In Decanter, Andrew Jefford grapples with recent tragedy. “Wine, though, also happens in long time, time long enough to melt, to re-make and to re-melt all borders and partitions…Wine, too, is a celebration of the uniqueness of place, and specifically of places at peace; this touches our souls as well as refreshing our bodies.”

In Wine Enthusiast, Maria C. Hunt talks to Ann Noble, an enology professor at University of California, Davis, who organized wine descriptors into the first Wine Aroma Wheel.

The caricature of Bordeaux is of a cautiously conservative region. But, during three weeks of intensive tastings and visits while preparing his Bordeaux 2021 en primeur report for the World of Fine Wine,  Simon Field finds a decidedly adventurous and progressive winemaking culture.

On Wine Anorak, Lisse Garnett explores Turkey’s wines with Master Sommelier Isa Bal.

In Atlas Obscura, Alex Mayyasi explores non-grape wines made from blueberry, cherry, pumpkin and more.

Kareem Massoud, winemaker at Paumanok and Palmer Vineyards, talks about Long Island wine.

In the Drop, Janice Williams recommends some picnic wines for summer.

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