Well, there you go. No sooner do I see the controversial Alice Feiring speak, and begin reading her great new book, The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization, have my own views about wine been subtly altered, in fundamental ways.

Christopher Hitchens, (quite a ringer for Andrew Lloyd Webber, isn’t he?) who has famously railed at religion in his recent book “God is Not Great,” has now sharpened his claws to move in on an equally formidable foe – the wine waiter. You know the type – the one who pushes the spoofed Brunellos going [...]

The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization I read and re-read this book a couple of times, trying to pierce to the heart of what her underlying focus was. What made her so angry about today’s wines? What was she rebelling against? And what, importantly, was she aspiring [...]