One of the most pervasive ideas in modern aesthetics, including wine aesthetics, is the idea that when I claim an object is beautiful (stunning, elegant,
Category: General Aesthetics
On Beauty: The Ancients Had it All Wrong
My Three Quarks column this month is not about wine exactly, but it is about beauty and some wines are beautiful. So it sort of
Difficult Beauty
Throughout much of the history of aesthetics beauty has been the term of highest aesthetic praise, referring to objects that exhibit perfect symmetry, proportion and
Tasteless Philosophy
Despite their preoccupation with the analysis of sensory experience, philosophers have ignored taste, smell, and touch, focusing instead on vision as the most important sense.
Are Fine Wine and Creative Cooking Arts or Crafts?
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
A Sin Against Beauty
Blake Gray committed a sin against beauty on his blog yesterday. A winery sent him a press notice about the release of a wine made
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 