Like anything of beauty, a great wine demands something of us and we can fail to live up to that demand. In my Three Quarks
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
The Taste of Round
When I taste and evaluate wines, one of the most readily apparent feature of the wine is the wine’s shape and the way that shape
Not all Arguments Against Wine Scores are Coherent
I have no particular axe to grind with regard to wine scores. Consumers seem to like them because they are convenient. However, there is no
Why Wine?
Wine is many things to many people. That it contains alcohol, encourages conviviality, and tastes good are surely the reasons most people drink wine. But
Is Wine Tasting Intersubjective?
Among people who write on wine aesthetics there is a near universal commitment to the idea of intersubjectivity as a way of understanding the nature
Wines of Beauty and Obligation
As I discussed last week, one of the persistent themes of modern discussions of beauty is that a judgment that an object is beautiful demands
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