The question of what language we should be using to describe wine is important not only for wine appreciation but to enable wineries to sell
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
The Wine Critic’s Job (#5 in a series on wine criticism)
In this series of posts I’ve been arguing that the primary purpose of wine criticism is to aid in appreciation. Thus, to provide an account
The Mixed Legacy of Robert Parker
To what degree do wine critics influence wine quality? This is a complicated question but in my 3 Quarks essay this month I begin to
Appreciating Wine for the Right Reasons (Part 4 in a Series)
In my recent post on the nature of wine appreciation, I argued that to appreciate a wine is to respond appropriately to it. For appreciation,it
How to Respond To a Wine: Part 3 in a Series on Appreciation
Last week I argued that one necessary condition of appreciating a wine is being aware of a wine’s properties by tasting it or, given proper
A Definition of Wine Appreciation: The first condition (part 2 in a series)
There are of course many ways to appreciate a wine depending on what one is trying to achieve. If you sell wine, you could appreciate
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