People outside the wine world (and some within the wine world as well) have great fun ridiculing wine lovers who spend small fortunes on a
Category: Art and Wine
Wine is about People and Places, Not Just Taste, Texture, and Aromas
In the art world, formalism has been on of the most important theories of interpretation and evaluation since the mid-20th century. Formalism is the view
Contemplation and Desire: The Case of Food and Wine
As I noted in a post last month, one of the main arguments against taking the aesthetics of food and wine seriously is that “mouth
Science Can’t Take the Art out of Winemaking
Winemaking has undergone a scientific revolution over the past 40 yrs. Fledgling winemakers now graduate from university programs laden with chemistry courses. Sugar levels in
How to Appreciate a Wine: Two Methods
In the art world there has long been a debate between two methods for approaching a work—an empiricist approach vs. a contextualist approach. There is
Why Care about Food and Wine as Art
Our capacity for generosity and renewal rests on inspiration, and beauty is among the things that inspires us most of all. As life in our
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 