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In my 3 Quarks column this month I argue that our obsession with smooth textures limits the expressiveness of wine.
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Are “Smooth” Wines a Form of Liquid Kitsch?
26 Monday Mar 2018
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Are Fine Wine and Creative Cooking Arts or Crafts?
26 Monday Feb 2018
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The explosion of interest in the aesthetics of food and beverages over the past several decades inevitably raises the question whether certain culinary preparations or wines can be considered works of art. I consider how we should distinguish a craft from an art in the context of wine and food in my Three Quarks Daily column this month.
Natural Wines: Swill or Swell?
29 Monday Jan 2018
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In my Three Quarks essay this month, I sort out the debate about natural wines and seek a definition of “natural” that is not insulting to conventional winemakers.
Is Wine a Living Organism?
01 Monday Jan 2018
Is wine really alive or is this often repeated claim a metaphor? I explore the life of wine in my Three Quarks Daily column this month.
Wine and Thing Power
04 Monday Dec 2017
Increasingly I think we can understand wine only if we think of it as a living organism. In my 3 Quarks Essay this month I explain why wine has Thing Power. What’s “thing-power” you ask? You will have to read the essay.
Cuisine Has Reached It’s Postmodern Moment
08 Wednesday Nov 2017
My recent visit to Alinea, the temple of modernist cuisine in the U.S., prompted some thoughts about whether molecular gastronomy is maintaining it’s radical edge. I ponder the issue in my essay this month at Three Quarks Daily.
How Music Influences the Taste of Wine
09 Monday Oct 2017
I pair music with wine when I writer my wine reviews. But I’ve never described in one place the evidence for wine and music pairing. I do so in my Three Quarks Daily essay this month.
Emotional Wine
11 Monday Sep 2017
Part 2 of my Wines of Anger and Joy is posted at Three Quarks Daily.
Wines of Anger and Joy (1)
14 Monday Aug 2017
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Does wine express emotion? I try to untangle the relationship between wine and emotion in this month’s Three Quarks Daily essay.
How to Drink Wine
17 Monday Jul 2017
If we keep in mind the distinction between evaluation and appreciation, most of the controversies in the wine world can be cleared up, or so I argue in my Three Quarks Daily post this month.
