This site is designed for the wine enthusiast and professional, alike.
Here you will find descriptions about the many wines I taste throughout my busy work schedule, as well as some of my experiences with winery owners, producers and importers. I tend to focus on smaller independent estate or domaine producers.
Additionally, you will find informative articles and discussion about both the retail and restaurant side of the wine business.
Full Disclosure
Brian Mitchell
I work in the wine industry, and as such, my work allows me access to some of the finest wines, wineries, restaurants and wine personalities in the world - who better to write about wine? I want to present honest (re)views and discussions about wine, retail trends and restaurant service. Some may consider my position to be biased, but I consider it to be a well informed position by someone completely immersed in the wine trade.
I try to concern myself with the overall style of a wine, especially as it pertains to structure and balance. To me, balance is perhaps the most important aspect of a wine's style. If a wine's components are not in balance then it simply will not come across well. But a wine with all things in harmony can be like a well tuned engine with all cylinders firing perfectly: vrrmmm!
Additionally, wine can cost a lot of money, and I believe investments should pay a return - especially over time. For a wine to age properly and show to your desired style (whether that's 15 minutes or 15 years), its components need to be balanced. Only then will it give a great return.
I do not really believe in rating wines - at least not on a numeric scale. I find that wines taste differently at differnt times. As such, I simply like to give my impressions of what I am tasting as well as any relevant background information that makes the wine a bit more interesting. No wine writer is an absolute authority (specialist, perhaps, but not all knowing experts), so I feel that any critical writing should be viewed simply as a guide to finding what you may like. Learning to trust our own palate is really the best way to judge the wines we truely like.
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