There are many reasons the wine industry is struggling at the moment—oversupply, competition from spirits and beer, concerns about health, etc. But I think there
Category: Wine Culture
The Dilemmas of Wine Education
Jason Wilson asks an important question that I think will become more pressing as the wine industry (and the climate) continues to undergo significant change:
Shut Up and Drink!
Peter Pharos at Tim Atkin’s site argues that wine has entered its postmodern period: There is no canon, and no real rules. Traditions and hierarchies
What the Neo-Prohibitionists Won’t Tell You
Since the Hungarian/American psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi uncovered the concept of flow in the 1970’s, we’ve come to appreciate that state in which, with practice, we
A Tale of High End and Low End Homogeneity
Two items caught my attention this week because they have the same theme, although from quite different perspectives. The Wine Economist wrote about the dilemma
Wine and New Ways of Living
We usually think that changes in the wine world are driven by changes in taste. But shifts in preferences are often about more than just
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 