There are many things that people do with wine. We drink it to get drunk, drink it distractedly at a social gathering because everyone else
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
The “Everydayness” of Wine and Aesthetic Experience
In giving an account of the aesthetic value of wine, the most important factor to keep in mind is that wine is an everyday affair.
Wine Scores are Not the Problem
Polemics against wine scores are a perennial crowd pleaser sort of like your favorite supermarket Chardonnay that gets nods of approval from any crowd you
Wine Culture and Variation
In the never ending battle against boring, homogeneous wines, it looks like the good guys are winning—we live in a world of unprecedented diversity in
The Pleasures of the Table and Living a Good Life
Epicurus, the Roman philosopher who lent his name to the pursuit of the pleasures of food, was not merely a philosopher who also loved food.
Soulful Wines and the Failure of Recognition
Being preoccupied (or perhaps obsessed is a better word) by philosophical puzzles is my occupational hazard. As I noted last week, wine importer Terry Theise’s
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 