Winemaker and consultant Clark Smith and I have written an ebook on wine and music pairing. Drawing on Clark’s extensive experience gathering data and helping
Wine and Everyday Aesthetics
What deep human problem or interest does wine serve? Wine is one among many beverages that can serve a very general, if not universal, interest
The Grand Crus System is a Charming Anachronism
Mike Veseth, The Wine Economist, has a thought-provoking post on the possibility of new world Grand Crus. The occasion was a zoom event devoted to
Wine Review: Weingut Burg Ravensburg Sulzfield Blaufränkisch Baden 2017
I love the offbeat personality of this German Blaufränkisch from Baden. Complex and mercurial, it opens innocently inviting, then turns feral, finally finishing dry and
Happy Birthday Blog!
Today is the 10th Anniversary of Edible Arts. My first post was on 10/5/2011. 2,442 posts later, with 413, 138 page views, it’s still going
On the Synthetic Nature of Wine Tasting (Part 2)
In a recently published review article, Portuguese microbiologist Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira argues that wine tasting is essentially synthetic or holistic in contrast to the dominant view
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 