Cultural activities of any significance are not habits or automatic routines. They are burdened with frustration and difficulty, and thus we are confronted with the
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Wine Traditions, Authority, and Authenticity (I)
Many wines, especially artisanal wines and wines of terroir, are a representation of the winemaking tradition from which they emerge. But what counts as an
A Wine is Large; It Contains Multitudes
Wine Searcher routinely publishes interesting, controversial articles. The recent article by Kathleen Willcox entitled “Science Makes a Mockery of Tasting Notes” is no exception. I
Intoxication Two Ways
A bottle of Jack Daniels is intoxicating; so is the ambient music of Steve Roach. But they aren’t intoxicating in quite the same way. The
Musical Timbre and the Texture of Wine
I’m working on a book about wine and music pairing (co-authored with Clark Smith). So I’ve been thinking about the elements of wine and music
Wine: The Marriage of Apollo and Dionysus
The practice of focusing special attention on an object or performance because of the way its form expresses meaning seems to be present in all
