For most of us in the U.S. we are either “sheltering in place” or at least trying to get along without the usual social activities
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
As Our Communal Lives Shrink Food and Wine Become an Anchor
It looks like we will be hunkered down for the long haul, “sheltering in place”, minimizing social get togethers while the news gets more grim
Wine Appreciation and Imagination
We typically don’t think of wine tasting as an imaginative activity. But imagination is an important part of appreciation and is crucial to wine writing.
Tasting Vitality IV: Basic Elements of Wine Structure
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
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
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