Art and literary criticism oscillate between two approaches to a work. Historicism focuses on a work’s history and origins and the process through which it
Category: Art and Wine
Emerging Science Conflicts with Traditional Views of Taste and Smell
The view that wine and food lack the cognitive dimension characteristic of genuine aesthetic appreciation is getting more difficult to defend. For much of the
Great Wines and Transcendence
I greatly admire Eric Asimov’s wine writing, but his recent column in the New York Times about what makes a great wine badly misses the
Does Wine Have a Subject Matter?
There is a long standing debate in the philosophy of art about whether art must represent something. One side argues that for an object to
Wine, Art, and Objectivity
Those who think wine cannot be art because, unlike artists, winemakers lack control over their raw materials have a mistaken view of art. The materials
Wine’s Curse: Can We Break the Spell?
Two articles posted at World of Fine Wine’s website pose wine’s greatest challenge and perhaps the solution. Andrew Jeffords laments the high cost of the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 