There has been lots of hand-wringing about the future of Californai Rhone-style blends recently, especially since the demise of Hospice du Rhone, the annual celebration
Category: Wine Culture
Criticism and Objectivity: A Moral Imperative
Questions about the objectivity of food or wine appreciation could be easily resolved if a certain picture of how taste works were true. That picture
Elegance and Luminosity from the Land of Don Quixote
Blogging will be light this week while I get the newsletter out. But I did find time yesterday to attend a seminar and tasting of
Queer Flavors
The question of whether flavors are “in the wine” or “in the mind” is difficult to answer, in part, because even experienced wine tasters disagree
Wine, Art, and the Value of Dirt and Sky
This has been a very active week for the philosophy of wine in the blogosphere. This paper by philosopher Barry Smith discussing the objectivity of
Wine, Objectivity, and a Taste for Purple Haze
Any consideration of objectivity in wine tasting must take into consideration a fundamental fact. Our experiences of taste and smell are not “pure” or “uninterpreted”
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 