I’ve passed along Matthew Latkiewicz‘s ‘Stained Teeth‘ column that he does for McSweeney’s before.  I quite enjoy it because a) he’s funny and b) there just isn’t much wine writing out there that isn’t overly studious, boring, academic and (most of all) trying to impose an opinion.  (“Hello, Pot!”,  “Hello, Kettle!”  …yeah, I get it.)

His writing about wine is writing that doesn’t attempt to be an expert view, nor does it claim to be the final or important, word on anything.  He simply writes about his life, where wine is concerned.  He enjoys wine, and extends anecdotes when wine offers particularly interesting or whimsical experiences in his life.  No agenda, no fuss.

I love this.  It’s so refreshing.

In saying this, I rarely read or get a synopsis of someone’s first venture into natural wine, other than when it’s one of us professional-types waxing poetic on their history with the stuff.  How exciting it is (honestly) to ride along sidesaddle with someone as they discover the outright awesomness of it, particularly when their writing is as fun and casual as Latkiewicz’s.

I encourage you to check out his very recent story on McSweeney’s right over here…