My Three Quarks Daily column this month considers the possible future in which great wines like a 1982 Lafite Rothschild can be reverse engineered and
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Wine, Good Food, and Grace
A life in which the pleasures of food and drink are not central is missing a crucial dimension of a good life. Food and drink,
Philosophy has Been Wrong About Wine for 2500 Years
Throughout most of philosophy’s history, wine has been treated as an insignificant diversion, incapable of being beautiful and incapable of producing genuine aesthetic pleasure. The
What is Elegance in Wine?
Elegance is one of the most important aesthetic properties of a wine. It is almost always a marker of superior quality although it gets overused
Why Are There Few Negative Wine Reviews?
Noelle at Outwines blog launched an interesting discussion thread on Twitter. This has puzzled me for a long time. The responses to her question
Why We Like Old Wines
What exactly is the appeal of old wines? I enjoy aged wines, just as they are developing their peak tertiary aromas and soft elegant textures
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 