Are hops overused?

Are hops overused?

Whoa, perhaps this is an incendiary question.  Why, then, am I posing it? Well, I am doing so indirectly, as it was posed to me by our friend, the famous oenophile, Nic Haegeli.  Nic knows what he is talking about, for sure.  Nic also enjoys challenging the practices of modern wine makers and brewers.  He is an old world wine man through and through.  So what drove him to push my hop shrouded button? He slyly prodded me under the guise of the new world use (or over use) of oak in wine making. Continue reading Are hops overused?