It is estimated that about 40% of world-wide wine exports are shipped in bulk. The grapes are harvested and the wine made in its home
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
What is Art For?
I don’t agree with the underlying assumption of Alain de Botton’s recent work that art’s value lies in what it is for, the purposes it
Misunderstanding Comfort Food
This seems to be the week for misleading headlines. Here is a new study proclaiming “Comfort Food is a Myth”. Mann and her colleagues describe
Wine Tasting: Is it Nonsense?
The media loves to report studies which claim to show wine tasting is nonsense. In my 3 Quarks essay this month I show why the
Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2011
“Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power, namely power over
Budget Wine: Oxford Landing Estates Shiraz South Australia 2012
The saga of Australian wine exports has yet to be definitively written. In the mid-2000’s Australian Shiraz was flying of the shelves in the U.S.