Coming Soon: Jacket Copy: Wine is more than a beverage. Like great works of art, the most interesting wines have originality, dynamism, emotional resonance, and
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
There are Two Wine Industries. We Need to Stop Conflating Their Interests.
I’m sure Robert Joseph is correct when he argues, in Wine Business International, that emerging wine regions will sell more wine by planting International varieties
Blind Tasting Cannot Block all Biases
Blind tasting is considered to be the gold standard of wine evaluation. And the reason for its status is that it allegedly blocks the biases
Wine Review: Paul Achs Edelgrund Blaufränkisch Burgenland 2016
One of Austria’s signature red grapes, this Blaufränkisch hails from the Neusiedlersee district of Burgenland. “Edelgrund” is the name of the vineyard. This wine is
“I Like it” Doesn’t Capture the Meaning of Beauty
In aesthetics it is crucial that we distinguish liking something from finding it beautiful. I might judge an ordinary Chianti to be a good wine
Philosophers Sometimes Say Dumb Things about Taste
The recently deceased Roger Scruton was a highly regarded philosopher and wine connoisseur who wrote one of the seminal books on the philosophy of wine.
