Culture
Wine has more than a discoverability problem

Don't mistake one symptom of wine’s problems for the disease

Chase Purdy · 7 min read · Aug 31
‘We’re at a very dangerous moment’

The book is about hybrids. The real argument is bigger.

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Aug 30
A better grape stuck in Purgatory

The loop hybrids find tough to break

Chase Purdy · 8 min read · Jun 29
Hybrids in Paris, one year later

This is how a quiet revolution ends.

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Jun 15
Meet Europe’s bread belts

What 671 jars of starter teach us about the EU

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · May 29
One chart, five countries. The PIWI landscape in Europe

A chart says 1,000 words

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Apr 16
Wine’s long hierarchy is starting to crack

Meet the vines that don't need saving

Chase Purdy · 13 min read · Apr 2
The ‘blue laws’ are receding. The anxiety that created them isn’t

Your $14 mocktail has a longer history than you think

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Apr 2
Have we entered a new era of fine dining?

Meet "Post-Digital Integrative Cuisine"

Chase Purdy · 9 min read · Mar 29
The unhelpful theatre of OnlyFarms.gov

The Trump administration named an agriculture website after OnlyFans

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Mar 29