One reason I find wine fascinating is that wine lovers form a genuine aesthetic community organized around a shared interest in appreciating the aesthetic qualities
Category: Wine Culture
O, Canada
We have spent the past month in British Columbia, two weeks in Vancouver and two weeks in the Okanagan Valley. Sunday we head back to
Paying Attention to Tension
Andrew Jefford’s recent post on the current enthusiasm for wines with tension and energy points to an important dimension of wine quality which is often
Another Important Point about Wine and Objectivity
Recently, I pointed to success at passing the tasting component of the Masters of Wine exam as evidence that wine tasting and wine quality are
Myths of the Wine World #3: Cabernet Sauvignon is the Best Grape Varietal
As with most myths there is some truth to this. Cab is king if you look at current sales figures, at least in terms of
“Borderless Wine” is a Poor Choice of Words
A couple weeks ago, there was a symposium in New York entitled “Borderless Wine”, featuring speakers addressing the importance of supporting winemaking in emerging and
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 