Esther Mobley’s article on Napa cult wines pretty much nails the tragedy of these beauties: Perhaps it’s too easy to hate these wines. And rejecting
Category: Art and Wine
Is Winemaking a Craft or an Art?
The claim that winemaking can be an art form tends to raise hackles. Tom Wark recently included it in his list of wine myths. The
Music, Meaning, and Wine
The resistance to viewing wine as an art form is hard to grasp since there is very little rational basis for it. Burnham and Skilleas
The Future of Wine or How to Turn Wine into Orange Juice
Economics professor Kym Anderson reports on the continued globalization of the wine business and paints a picture of what the future looks like: Falling international
In Defense of Tasting Notes
Every summer, it seems, the wine blogosphere contracts a case of morose self-reflection and finds some esoteric issue to endlessly fret about—the objectivity of wine
Wine and the Flavors of Home
My essay at Three Quarks Daily last month, in which I argued that food is a modern art form, got some of my Facebook friends riled
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 