When Wine Talk Gets Weird

A Planet of the Grapes Extra, When Wine Talk Gets Weird is a 30-page longform article that explores the idea of taste and how one learns it.


Funny, irreverent, poignant and full of insights for anyone who’s ever struggled to learn about wine. When Wine Talk Gets Weird explores the philosophy, and asks many of the questions, behind the entire Planet of the Grapes series. Why is wine important, anyway? How does one learn a topic as vast as wine? All delivered with humor, warmth, and insight by Jason Wilson, award-winning author of Boozehound, which Anthony Bourdain called “superbly informative, entertaining, and yet deeply subversive.”