One of the consummate pleasures that wine offers is tracing the changes a wine undergoes as it ages in the bottle. Of course, some wines
The Importance of Surprise in Music and Wine Appreciation
This study reported by Ars Technica is about music, but I suspect its findings can be applied to any aesthetic object including wine. Secret Chord
Wine Review: Baron Phillipe de Rothschild Escudo Rojo Syrah Reserva Chile 2019
I decided to review this wine because I don’t taste enough Chilean wine and because James Suckling gave it 94 pts. I know, I know.
Wine, Art, and Objectivity
Those who think wine cannot be art because, unlike artists, winemakers lack control over their raw materials have a mistaken view of art. The materials
Wine Needs Stories But it Doesn’t Need a Prop
Andrew Jeffords is absolutely right on the importance of the imagination for making wine interesting. In his essay “Stories Should Cling to Wine Like Mussels
On Aroma and Emotion
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been digging into microbiologist Malfeito-Ferreira’s literature survey on holistic wine tasting. One of the more interesting dimensions of his
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 