News stories from the world or food and wine that you might have missed this week. Are more affordable burgundies on the horizon? This article
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
In Defense of Wine Snobs
Wine writer Blake Gray poses a profound question—What is a wine snob and why are they the object of ridicule and vilification? You can stand
More on Cuisine and Social Hierarchies
Last week I was musing about the claim, often made by social scientists, that tastes are a reflection of social class or moral conviction rather than
Lighea 2011 A Dry Moscato from Donnafugata
The muscat grape is the new “hot varietal” with sales increasing 78% last year, although the grape has been around for centuries and may be
Amuse Bouche
News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week: Here is an interesting article on the debate over traditional vs.
A Revolution in California Wines? I Doubt It.
California wines received some attention from Newsweek magazine earlier this week with an article that wins the prize for a misleading headline. The headline was
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 