There are things we notice only when they are miss­ing. It hap­pens all the time with wine. No one says, “What won­der­ful bal­ance this wine has.” Instead, we imme­di­ate­ly notice when the alco­hol stands out, when the oak over­whelms the fruit, or when the acid­i­ty dis­rupts the whole. Bal­ance does not call atten­tion to itself....CONTINUE READING