IN THE 2006 MOVIE “Local Color,” a great but long-forgotten painter reviews the work of his young protégé and derides the clouds he has painted. “Clouds are not so white,” he says, comparing the ...

Wine descriptions often refer to “texture.” What the heck does that mean? There is a texture difference between silk and sandpaper. There is a texture difference between a crisp apple and creamy ...

People can spend their entire careers teasing out the intricacies of a wine’s flavor. There’s so much to consider in a bottle of wine: the variety of the grape inside, where it was grown and what kind ...

Most wines are made for immediate consumption; some wines benefit from bottle aging. What’s the difference? Young wines present what are called primary flavors: cherries in cabernet sauvignon, plum in ...