I ‘ve been writing about the validity of various sorts of wine and food criticism all week, so I might as well continue, since I
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Crowdsourcing and the Decline of the Critic
As social media (especially crowdsourced review sites such as Yelp, Cellartracker or various apps on the market) replaces traditional media in the assessment of wine
More Nonsense from the Press About Wine Tasting
Joe Pinsker in the Atlantic shows he not only knows nothing about wine; he is also logically challenged. Pinsker argues that because most people, even
Wine Review: Artesa Chardonnay Carneros 2011
Artesa is one of my favorite Napa area wineries. Their Carneros location is gorgeous—you can see San Pablo Bay on a clear day—and their reserve
Budget Wine: Erik Turner’s Punk Rock Red California NV
Wine marketing. Ya gotta love it. So the label on this wine says “…merlot is known to be angry, rebellious, stripped down, yet aggressively modern. These
The Anti-Pleasure, Modern Puritans are Gaining Strength
It is amazing to me that we just can’t leave our Puritan heritage behind. For most of the 20th Century, food was about convenience or
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 