If you’re like me, you or someone in your household or family is busy planning an extravagant meal for Thanksgiving. (For me, it is several
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?
I think not, at least not entirely. Preferences, of course, are subjective but a judgment that something is beautiful is not merely expressing a preference.
The Importance of Local Wines
There are many reasons the wine industry is struggling at the moment—oversupply, competition from spirits and beer, concerns about health, etc. But I think there
The Dilemmas of Wine Education
Jason Wilson asks an important question that I think will become more pressing as the wine industry (and the climate) continues to undergo significant change:
Shut Up and Drink!
Peter Pharos at Tim Atkin’s site argues that wine has entered its postmodern period: There is no canon, and no real rules. Traditions and hierarchies
What the Neo-Prohibitionists Won’t Tell You
Since the Hungarian/American psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi uncovered the concept of flow in the 1970’s, we’ve come to appreciate that state in which, with practice, we
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 