Do wine critics matter? Isn’t taste subjective? Can there really be wine expertise in the same sense that doctors have expertise at diagnosing diseases and
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
San Diego Wine Society Blind Tasting
Last Saturday, San Diego Wine Society held its monthly blind tasting and dinner, and once again the wines were extraordinary and the company engaging. San Diego
Wine Review: Ferrari-Carano Siena 2009
I don’t often review crowd-pleasers. Although enjoyable and approachable, their flavor profile and structure tend to be too generic to be interesting. But occasionally I
Amuse Bouche
News stories from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week, some amusing, some not so much: An Interview with
Does Regional Cuisine Matter Anymore?
The art of cooking used to be firmly rooted in local traditions. In Culture and Cuisine: A Journey Through the History of Food, Jean-Francois Revel
Culinary Fascism?
Time Magazine’s feature story (available only to subscribers) on René Redzepi’s ascendance to the top of the culinary world was interesting, but for reasons that
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 