I posted about the nature of perceptual expertise in an earlier post. In this post I want to consider what wine scientist Malfeito-Ferrera calls “conceptual
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
How Important is Perceptual Expertise in Wine Tasting?
When I talk about wine tasting to people who seldom drink wine, they often say they just don’t have the sensitive palate required to enjoy
Great Wines and Transcendence
I greatly admire Eric Asimov’s wine writing, but his recent column in the New York Times about what makes a great wine badly misses the
Review of Beauty and the Yeast
At World of Fine Wine, wine critic David Schildknecht has published a detailed, thoughtful, and thought provoking review of my book Beauty and the Yeast:
Puzzles About Taste
We know that beliefs influence what we taste. Our ability to evaluate a wine can be influenced by price, reputation, background music, mood, etc. This
Mental Imagery and Wine Tasting
In microbiologist Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira’s survey of the science supporting a holistic conception of wine tasting, he devotes a good deal of attention to how expert
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