Issues about social justice have become a hot topic in wine media as the wine industry grapples with charges of sexism and racism. James Sligh’s
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Reflections on Objectivity and Wine Tasting (Part 2)
I argued last week that flavors and aromas do not exist in the wine or in the mind but at their intersection. What exists in
The Amount of Money You Spend on a Wine is Not a Moral Issue
Oliver Styles raises several interesting issues in his post entitled “The Morality of Buying Expensive Wine”. But it’s important to note there is a bait
How Should We Define Tasting Expertise?
Do wine and food critics have a special expertise that gives authority to their pronouncements, or is it all just subjective preference dressed up with
Reflections on Objectivity and Wine Tasting (1)
The debate about whether wine tasting has objective standards too often assumes a mistaken picture of how taste works. The mistaken picture is something like
Why Wine Tasting Notes are Not Helpful
Look on the back label of most wine bottles and you will find a tasting note that reads like a fruit basket—a list of various
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