Throughout much of the history of philosophical aesthetics, there has been a tendency to focus on examples from high culture: paintings endorsed by art schools,
Wine Review: Domaine Monthélie-Douhairet-Porcheret “Cuvée Miss Armande” Monthélie 2020
Burgundian Pinot Noir is about the many ways to be charming. This village wine does it with pretty. Alas, it is a dirty pretty thing,
What Does Wine Express?
When people find out I write on the philosophy of wine, they often ask me “What is your philosophy of wine? The full answer to
Living For the Moment
The experience of food (and wine) is remarkable for how it compresses time in the spectacle of the moment. It begins with the soil being
Vinography on Fire
I’ve written recently that part of the challenge the wine industry faces in selling wine to millennials is that many of that generation did not
The Past is Not Prologue
When I was young, food was fuel. In my lower-middle class New England family in the 1950’s, a piece of well-done beef or meat loaf,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 