In the wine world, blind tasting is the principle methodology for judging wines. Ideally, wines should be tasted without knowing the producer and often without
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Can We Dispense With the Idea That Wine Should Be Easy?
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. If something is worth doing in January it’s worth doing in July. But I do have hopes for the
Is Wine a Living Organism?
Is wine really alive or is this often repeated claim a metaphor? I explore the life of wine in my Three Quarks Daily column this
A Sin Against Beauty
Blake Gray committed a sin against beauty on his blog yesterday. A winery sent him a press notice about the release of a wine made
Smoke influence and the 2017 Vintage
Although most of the grapes for the 2017 vintage in Napa/Sonoma were harvested before the devastating fires began, there was still a significant amount on
Wine and Thing Power
Increasingly I think we can understand wine only if we think of it as a living organism. In my 3 Quarks Essay this month I
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 