Our capacity for generosity and renewal rests on inspiration, and beauty is among the things that inspires us most of all. As life in our
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Epicurus On Wine Education and Its Perils
The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus not only gave his name to the enjoyment of food and wine. He thought deeply about the nature of pleasure
Wine, Art, and Intentions
Are some wines works of art? Most philosophers would say no. Works of art are artifacts designed by human beings to express or represent something.
Wine and “Making Special”
In recent years there have been several important books devoted to understanding art as a product of human evolution. The art historian Ellen Dissanayake is
Are Single Vineyard Wines Inherently More Distinctive?
Tom Barras captures an important distinction within the wine-buying public in his post about wine appreciation. I could be wrong, but my gut feel about
Tasting Notes and the Debate about Subjectivity
This article by Chris Losh in Decanter describes well the difficulty of writing good tasting notes. As he notes, part of the difficulty is that
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