This summary essay by Charles Spence on the varieties of empirical research into the psychology of wine tasting is informative. But the inferences drawn from
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
We Really Should Give a Little Love to Bordeaux
I have from time to time been critical of Bordeaux. Generally speaking, their wines are over-priced, and when they aren’t they tend to earn the
Organic and Biodynamic Wines Taste Better
This is compelling evidence summarized by Kathleen Willcox in Wine Searcher: Multiple studies of scores from Robert Parker, Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator have shown
Beauty for Winos
When you approach aesthetics through the appreciation of wine, you might find much of the history of Western aesthetics to be missing the point. Western
Get Ready for Natural Spirits
Jenny Eagleton at Punch has the story. Apparently there is now a “natural-booze manifesto.” Developed by a Languedoc-based distilling collective that “aims to gather distillers
I’ll Take Paradox Over Your Binary Oppositions
Ch’ng Poh Tiong in World of Fine Wine insists that wines are either impressive or charming but never both. Why we love what we love
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 