-related. It also gives an amazing behind the scenes insight to the secretive world of scent...

Noses are very much in the air following the curious case of a Master of Wine rating 151 Shirazes “with no sense of smell whatever” at a local wine competition in May. The results were, not surprisingly, contradicted by several more credible and healthier tasting panels, but Neil Pendock reports the ...

I've never been fond of persimmon, so I thought I would share this piece of trivia, that has been troubling me for the last week. . . I was reading a transcript of a lecture recently, and came across this piece of information. Under the heading of Pheromone analogues in ...

The Grape Vine has a multitude of uses – more than I thought to be quite honest! The principle one, in m y humble opinion, has been the wine it produces….however it is used in a plethora of different ways. The leaves are preserved in brine and used to parcel ...

Il Profumo della Possibilità Four from Italy, six from America and one from Lebanon. Today will be about the Italians in remembering one of their countrymen who made it over so long ago. However you feel about Columbus, today is a little moment in history that will soon be forgotten. ...

From the New York Times... "Why do wines sometimes have an off-flavor reminiscent of a rodent’s cage?"

Kenzo Parfums has created Kenzo Amour’s first limited edition fragrance. The new women’s scent, Indian Holi, was inspired by India’s Holi festival. Also known as the Festival of Colors , the holiday left a deep impression on Kenzo Creative Director and photographer Patrick Guedj as he traveled in Northern India last spring. The resulting fragrance will debut exclusively at Nordstrom...

Australian scientists are buzzing (excuse the pun) with excitement over research done in Brisbane which explores the possibilities of using bees to help wine makers produce the perfect wine. I like bees, in fact I'm rather fond of them but I am groaning internally about what this could mean. Why ...

How to add some of the sweetest scent to your Valentine's Day dinner, plus some recommended sparkling rosés for your special dinner date...

There's a fine article on scent (which is, after all, the "taste" of wine) and the difficulties involved in describing it in the current issue of The New Yorker . But what really makes it worth the read is the final paragraph...which I guess I'll go ahead and spoil right now:“The question that women casually shopping for perfume ask more than any other is this: ‘What scent drives men wild...