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Food Writing, Wine Marketing, The Nature of Taste, and Birds
This week’s favorite stories about wine, food, and culture
10 hrs ago
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March 2026
Wines from Mt. Veeder, Sonoma County, and the SLO Coast
Eight notable wines from recent tasting
Mar 31
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The Consultant, the Critic, Some Painters and Cooks: The Salt
This week’s top stories about wine, food, and culture
Mar 26
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The Once and Future Sankt Laurent
Chasing this grape’s ancestry and flavors in the glass
Mar 24
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Pairings and Prose, Pop-ups and Pol-Roger: The Salt
This week’s top stories about wine, food, and culture
Mar 19
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Some Wines We Drank At Home
Notable wines from France, Piedmont, and Napa Valley
Mar 16
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Looking Backward, Moving Forward: The Salt
This week’s roundup of stories about wine, food, and culture
Mar 13
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Stickbuilt
Fluency with wine is built piece by piece
Mar 11
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Burgundy and Bread, Pasta and Poems: Welcome to The Salt
Introducing The Salt, a roundup of recent writing about food, wine, and culture
Mar 6
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Just Say “Le Domaine.”
I’d never tasted the wines of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. I still haven’t.
Mar 3
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February 2026
Six Rhône-grape Wines from There and Here
Notable wines from Lionel Faury, Château Pesquié, and Troon Vineyard
Feb 26
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Several Short Sentences About Wine Writing
Before you write, ask yourself, What sound am I trying to make in the noise of the world? And, Is this the sound it most needs now?
Feb 23
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