I’ve been focused recently on creating a tasting model that puts greater emphasis on a wine’s perceived motion on the palate as an important element
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Some Expensive Wines are Worth Their Price
Robert Joseph has a fascinating article in Meininger’s about the relationship between quality and price entitled Is expensive wine worth the money? He participated in
Thinking about Objectivity and Wine Tasting
Although the belief that wine tasting is subjective is common even among wine professionals, no one in the wine industry really believes it. Everyone from
How to Be Happy
When former Poet Laureate Charles Simic was asked in New York Times interview: “What advice would you give to people who are looking to be
More on Wine Metaphors
Installment two of my series on wine language, entitled Fleshy With a Bad Attitude: Metaphor and Wine Tasting Notes, is up at Three Quarks Daily.
Wine and Self-Development
Wine changes us. Especially when we develop enough tasting skill to perceive its subtleties. Of course, other arts change us as well. But wine requires
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 