To me, what matters most about a wine is whether it moves the mind and the heart. Does a wine send thoughts on a quest
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Does a Novice and an Expert have the Same Sensory Experience?
Some philosophers hold the position that wine tasting (or any kind of tasting for that matter) is a purely sensory experience. No input from the
Food Rules and Authenticity
Cooking is an art mired in tradition. Each nation has its food rules encrusted with the patina of age, and each region within each nation
A Fundamental Mistake about Subjectivity in Wine tasting
I keep seeing this inference in discussions about subjectivity in wine tasting by people who should know better. Gordon Shepherd makes it in his book
Emotional Wines
We call wines elegant, simple,sexy, sophisticated, brooding, lively, rustic, authentic, and subtle. These terms are already a routine part of the wine lexicon. So why
What Do We Owe A Great Bottle of Wine?
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
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 