Walter Becker, lead guitarist and co-songwriter for Steely Dan died over the weekend at the age of 67. I fondly remember back in the day
Category: General Aesthetics
Reality Check
My post at 3QD this month is a bit of a wild ride, from wine tasting to Trump to metaphysics and back. So fasten your
Is What’s in the Glass All That Matters?
I often hear it said that despite all the stories about family and cultural traditions, drinking ideologies, and paeans to terroir, what matters is what’s
A Vision for Our Times
Was the Nobel committee prescient, their choice as apt as Patti Smith’s wordlessness? Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a
On Creative Receptivity
I’ve been thinking about the concept of creativity as I work through issues related to the art of winemaking. In my Three Quarks Daily column
The World as a Painting
I’ve been poking around New York taking a break from wine tasting. At the Museum of Modern Art I came across this quote from Robert
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 