On the Nose
The rise of “natural” wines, and what happens next.
The rise of “natural” wines, and what happens next.
Rachel Monroe New Yorker Nov 2019 25min Permalink
How coach Gregg Popovich’s love of fine wine led to a 20-year run of success in the NBA.
Baxter Holmes ESPN Apr 2019 25min Permalink
Premier Cru’s “pre-arrival” cases were deeply discounted. When too many failed to arrive, a multi-decade wine Ponzi-scheme fell apart.
Michael Steinberger Bloomberg Businessweek Aug 2016 15min Permalink
The former Van Halen front man has actually made more money from booze and food than from music.
Rebecca Flint Marx San Francisco Magazine Jul 2015 15min Permalink
On the trail of a group of thieves stealing the fanciest wine out of San Francisco’s fanciest restaurants.
Claire Suddath Bloomberg Business May 2015 15min Permalink
On wine’s sacred and profane history.
Ross Andersen Aeon May 2014 25min Permalink
Our entire way of life depends upon the “cold chain,” the network of artificially refrigerated spaces that have reshaped the modern world.
Nicola Twilley Cabinet Nov 2012 10min Permalink
A profile of wine critic Robert Parker.
William Langewiesche The Atlantic Dec 2000 1h10min Permalink
The man who made millions selling counterfeit wines.
Michael Steinberger Vanity Fair Jul 2012 20min Permalink
The world of high-end wine gets conned.
Benjamin Wallace New York May 2012 20min Permalink
One man’s dream to turn America into a post-prohibition wine utopia.
Two weeks spent walking across Provence.
There is something about entering an ancient town on foot that's radically different from entering the same place by car. Keep in mind that these old French towns were all designed by people on foot for people on foot. So when you walk in, you're approaching the place as it was intended to be approached—slowly and naturally, the way Dorothy came upon Oz (spires rising in the distance, a sense of mounting mystery: What kind of city will this be?).
Elizabeth Gilbert GQ Jul 2009 25min Permalink
Who would poison the vines of La Romanée-Conti, the tiny, centuries-old vineyard that produces what most agree is Burgundy’s finest, rarest, and most expensive wine?
Maximillian Potter Vanity Fair May 2011 25min Permalink
“As we enter into a new age, maybe art will be free. Maybe the students are right. They should be able to download music and movies. I’m going to be shot for saying this. But who said art has to cost money?”
Ariston Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola The 99 Percent Jan 2011 10min Permalink
Fred Franzia makes a lot of money selling really cheap wine.
Dana Goodyear New Yorker May 2009 Permalink