Tannic Panic! Issue #143: What Makes Wine Good?

A look at what “we” really mean when we say a wine is good

Apr 23 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #142: The Magical Fruit

A Complete Guide to Pairing Wine With Legumes

Apr 1 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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March 2026

Tannic Panic! Issue #141: Chianti Audit 2026

Tasting a bunch of Chianti and informing you whether it’s good.

Mar 27 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #140: Where’s My New Zealand Chardonnay?

Tasting a variety that often gets overlooked in the New Zealand wine “discussion”

Mar 13 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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February 2026

Tannic Panic! Issue #139: Barnacles & Sea Slime

Taking a coke bottle monocle to the “science” of “deep sea aging”

Feb 25 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #138: DIY Rosé

In this latest installment of our "Wine Alchemy" series, we're doing a little post-bottle blending to make our own "rosé"

Feb 12 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #137: Ro-Sham-Beaujolais

Drinking a little Beaujolais in hopes of keeping the little doctor away.

Feb 6 • Tannic Panic!, Zach O'Brown, and Isaac K. Brown

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January 2026

Tannic Panic! Issue #136: The Enthusiast Formula

A dissection of Wine Enthusiast's "Best Wines of the Year" over the past decade reveals preferences, biases, and "trends"

Jan 23 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #135: Wine Spectator's Top 10 Has a Type

A critical look at the flaws and biases underpinning Wine Spectator’s annual “Top 10” list

Jan 8 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #134: 2025 Greatest Hits

Kicking off 2026 lazy with a little look back at our best issues of 2025

Jan 1 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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December 2025

Tannic Panic! Issue #133: Glühwein, Glögg, and Gruel

The three G’s of a season “cool” - an ode to wine served “hot and spicy”

Dec 18, 2025 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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Tannic Panic! Issue #132: The Battle of Barolo

The inception of modern Barolo, two polarizing styles, and one unrealistically humble grape

Dec 11, 2025 • Tannic Panic!, Isaac K. Brown, and Zach O'Brown

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