Should I Drink This? – Profiles on Obscure Wines Worthy of Your Time and Tastebuds. Illustration by Chris Gregori.

Should I Drink This?

We all know that feeling: you see a wine with an often unpronounceable grape name on the label, and you wonder, "should I drink this?" I am here to tell you why the answer is "Yes ... yes you should" for a select group of wines. Think of this as the place to go where obscurity meets opportunity. Txakoli? Vitovska? Lumassina? Bring it on, we say.

These articles are free to read for all curious wine drinkers. Cheers.


Illustration by Chris Gregori.

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