News stories you might have missed this week from the world of food and wine. Here is a slide show of some of the weirdest
The Philosophy of Mind Finally Penetrates Wine Culture
Joe Roberts (AKA 1WineDude) has an insightful discussion of the issue of objectivity of wine ratings. And to make his point he drags the word
The Meaning of Food or How to Read a Rutabaga
One of the big hurdles confronting the view that fine cuisine is a fine art is to say what fine cuisine is about. Paintings refer
L.A. Cetto 2006 Nebbiolo Private Reserve Guadalupe Valley
Nebbiolo is perhaps my favorite varietal. Light and textured on the palate, with delicate aromas of red fruit, violets, tar, and licorice, a well-aged Barolo
Amuse Bouche
News stories you might have missed from the world of food and wine—some amusing, some not so much. For wine lovers, an inspirational article about
Another Attack on Wine Expertise
The recent article by Hayes and Pickering in the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (behind a paywall) has gotten a lot of attention from
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 