Who knows if Randall Grahm’s Popelouchum Vineyard in San Juan Bautista, California is the future of viticulture. That depends on how his mad experiments work
Category: Wine Culture
Why Wine Lovers Are Not an Elite
Tom Wark’s post “Time to Embrace the Elitist Character of the Wine Drinker” makes several crucial points that I wholeheartedly endorse: I want to suggest
Taste and Social Class
One obstacle to the study of food and wine aesthetics is the complicating role of social class and moral judgment in explaining food or wine
The Nonsense of Customer Reviews
I certainly share Anne Burchett’s complaint about the constant requests for reviews we’re asked to submit for everything from books to Instacart deliveries: For wine
The Value of Disagreement
Disagreements about wine, both individual wines and well as wine styles, are ubiquitous and inevitable. But this is not a bad thing. Aesthetic engagement is
Our Model of Wine Criticism is not Giving Wines the Attention They Deserve
Master of Wine Geoff Moss interviewed music critic Peyton Thomas, a writer for Pitchfork, regarding the parallels between music criticism and wine criticism. (It’s hosted
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 