Last month I argued that wine tasting notes don’t give us much information about how a wine tastes. Most tasting notes consist of a list
Category: 3 Quarks Daily Column
Why Wine Tasting Notes are Not Helpful
Look on the back label of most wine bottles and you will find a tasting note that reads like a fruit basket—a list of various
When a Sandwich is More than a Sandwich
My Three Quarks Daily column this month is about the difficulties of describing food and the important role imaginative language plays in compensating for the
Taste and the Good Life
A life in which the pleasures of food and drink are not important is missing a crucial dimension of a good life. In my Three
Wine’s Imitation Game
My Three Quarks Daily column this month considers the possible future in which great wines like a 1982 Lafite Rothschild can be reverse engineered and
The “Clean Wine” Controversy
For my Three Quarks column this month I managed to write almost 2000 words on the topic of “clean wine”. It’s hard work trying to
