It's nice, but rare, to see that 5 of the Top 10 Most Emailed Stories at NY Times are about food. The best rated of those (#3 right now) is one of the most succinct, down-to-earth explanations of how a novice can start to understand wine. Eric Asimov must be the most populist wine editor the Times has ever had. Wanna know wine? Do this.
This article appears in Apr 11-17, 2007.