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
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Mouth Taste, Moral Taste, and Social Hierarchies
One obstacle to the study of food and wine aesthetics is the complicating role of social class and moral judgment in explaining food preferences. Is
Bonneau 2009 Chardonnay Los Carneros Catherine’s Vineyard
It used to be that California chardonnays were oak-saturated monsters. Long on alcohol, vanilla and tropical fruit but short on acidity and nuance, they could
Amuse Bouche
News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed: Is eating weeds the next food trend? There has been a lot
Tapas: The Solution to the Obesity Crisis?
HBO’s recently-aired series of films entitled Weight of the Nation is another wake up call about overweight Americans. By now the statistics are familiar, and
Wine Review: Cass Grenache 2010 Paso Robles
Paso Robles’ Rhone Rangers are known for their big, jammy, high toast blockbusters. Cass vineyards takes the opposite approach with this delicate grenache. Unsullied by
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 