There’s More to Tasting Wine Than, Well, Taste
Though we’re often at a loss for how to describe it, texture might be the single most important—and overlooked—aspect of a wine’s character.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Maria Hergueta
Though we’re often at a loss for how to describe it, texture might be the single most important—and overlooked—aspect of a wine’s character.
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“I was primed to fetishize it, a ‘beer for natural wine geeks’—and fetishize it I did.”