For those who think wine doesn’t express meanings or function as a symbol, Maggie Hennessy’s article in VinePair “The Timeless Charm of Cheap Chianti” will
Category: Wine Culture
The Right Way to Describe a Wine
Robert Joseph asks Can We Ever Develop a Universal Language of Wine? The short answer is no. The language needed to convey what a wine
Saving Time
In The Art of Eating, celebrated food writer M.F.K. Fisher wrote “an evening killed is murder of a kind, criminal like any disease, and like
French Wine: The New Culture
For anyone interested in French wine or French culture, Jon Bonné’s new book “The New French Wine: Redefining the World’s Greatest Wine Culture,” sounds like
Tea, Wine, and Participatory Art
One reason why painting is considered to be the most important form is because, in Western civilization, genuine aesthetic appreciation has long been associated with
I Hate Surveys Like This
David Morrison posted a survey from Pew Research asking people from a variety of countries whether they think alcohol consumption is morally acceptable, morally unacceptable,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 