In case you haven’t heard the bad news, wine is in trouble. Not necessarily the weather-ravaged vineyards or the climate-anxious growers—though they have their problems—but
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Is Wine Criticism in Crisis?
In an article at “Hyperallergic,” art writer Hakim Bishara confronts the alleged crisis in art criticism in terms uncannily reminiscent of the hand-wringing that plagues
The Acid Heads Should Step Back
Andrew Jefford, as is his wont, wrote an insightful and timely article on what he calls the key question in wine aesthetics: When you treat
Re-Thinking the Aesthetics of Food
Posted originally at Three Quarks Daily It is a curious legacy of philosophy that the tongue, the organ of speech, has been treated as the
Why Wine No Longer Fits the Way We Eat
Wine consumption in the United States has stalled—if not slid quietly down the hill it once climbed with such aspirational fervor. Analysts point to many
Is Wine Too Complex for Words?
We’ve all heard the complaint: wine is too complex, too nuanced, too transcendent. The sensory ballet performed in a glass of Burgundy is supposedly beyond
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 