Wine importer Terry Thiese’s wonderful book What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking: In Praise of the Sublime raises many philosophical issues. For Theise, wine has
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
The Influence of “Terroir” in Bourbon Production
I’ve been doing some research on bourbon recently for a writing project I was hired to do. One question I wanted to answer was whether
Why Drinking the Icons Only is a Bad Strategy
I know people who insist on drinking only the best wines from any category, the wines with pedigree and reputation. After all, there is a
Wine Lovers Carry On
Those of us who are fascinated by wine live in a world where we looked upon by most people as at best peculiar and at
You Can’t Describe New Impressions by Using Old Expressions
I have been arguing recently that complaints about the use of metaphor in describing wine are misguided. Most metaphors used in wine writing are no
Wine Metaphors and Interpretation
Last week I linked to several examples of what has become a favorite theme in wine media—complaints about wine language, especially the use of metaphors
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 