Archive - Maker’s Table

Get it in Writing

Longhand writing can fluidly generate your story’s first draft

Aug 13 •

Pinot Noir’s Linguistic Tropes

The lexicon of Pinot noir is a case study in cliché

Aug 6 •

July 2025

Sparkling Wines of Hundred Hills

Notes from my recent visit to this young project in the hills of Oxfordshire

Jul 30 •

London, Backward and Forward

Revisiting London with pen in hand

Jul 21 •

Amber Meets Rosé

Two wines walk into a bar

Jul 9 •

No Saints Allowed

Good wine criticism demands a degree of detachment

Jul 1 •

June 2025

The Five Massican Wines of 2024

Tasting notes and visual impressions of Dan Petroski’s latest releases: Annia, Gemina, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, and Hyde Chardonnay

Jun 25 •

Topic and Story in Wine Writing

What is this about? And why does that matter?

Jun 17 •

Three Ratti Barolos, and a New Way of Working

Visual and textual impressions of the Marcenasco, Serradenari, and Rocche dell’Annunziata Barolos

Jun 13 •

A writer’s journal records the data that invites larger stories

Jun 10 •

Welcome (back) to Maker’s Table

Reaffirming my roots and rolling it all together

Jun 4 •

An Afternoon with Francesca Vaira of G.D. Vajra

Francesca poured her family’s wines and shared the vision and philosophy that animate the work

Jun 1 •

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