The experience of food (and wine) is remarkable for how it compresses time in the spectacle of the moment. It begins with the soil being
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
The Grace of a Wine
Alfonso Cevola’s post The Valuable and Unanticipated Lessons Ballet Taught Me about Wine has a good deal of insight. In discussing the port de bras
What You Buy When You Buy the Classics
People outside the wine world (and some within the wine world as well) have great fun ridiculing wine lovers who spend small fortunes on a
No One Really Believes Wine Tasting is Thoroughly Subjective
It never fails to set my teeth on edge. I’m focused on trying to “get” this Pinot Noir with strange vegetal notes in front of
On Cultural Appropriation
Alfonso Cevola writes about one of my pet peeves—the idea of cultural appropriation. Open an Italian cookbook or history of Italian cooking, and in the
Wine, Music, and Perceptual Ability
In response to my post earlier this week on why people find wine intimidating, Paul Wagner commented: I often compare the world of wine to
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