On the Oregon wine trail

Context is extremely important when consuming a glass of wine, as Giovanni Morelli points out in his latest column — whether it be a Pinot Noir from Oregon or a Blue Nun from Germany. ‘Save water; drink wine.’ ‘Saying’ in the tasting room of LA vineyard in Western Turkey. As the French say, ‘There is no such thing as a good wine; only a good bottle.’ Very true, which brings me to discuss the phenomenon of ‘bottle variation’. Firstly, there is no doubt that it exists. I do not consider a ‘corked’ wine (discernible levels of TCA usually from the…