For millennia wine has been a favored beverage, an object of love for many people, with a spiritual dimension, given its position in many religious
Category: 3 Quarks Daily Column
What Does “Natural” Mean?
My Three Quarks essay this month is a meditation on the meaning of “natural”. Yes, it is a marketing term that has been beaten to
Wine Tasting and Objectivity
I pulled together all of last week’s deliberations on wine and objectivity plus several new wrinkles for my Three Quarks post this month. If you
Love and Sensibility
My Three Quarks post this month seems to stray far from the food and wine beat. But it was motivated by thinking about wine lovers
Wine and the Metaphysics of Time
If you’ve been reading this blog you know I love well-preserved aged wines. But there is more to aged wines than just flavor. My essay
A Defense of Carnivores
My Three Quarks essay is up providing a defense of eating meat and a critique of Peter Singer’s well-known arguments for vegetarianism.
