Studying alcohol’s effects on human health is tricky business. We know that heavy binge drinking causes serious health issues. But even moderate drinking can be difficult to study in a clinical setting or self-reported study. There are myriad confounding factors, such...

Here are some wine words that help describe those indescribable flavors in wine. Petrichor A term coined by Australian researchers in 1964 to describe the invigorating smell of summer rain. The smell is caused by the volatilizing of oils and microbes that are released...