An expressive wine, slender in shape but full of spirit, a stony seam of minerality is its nerve and pulse, with black cherry, dusty earth,
Jancis Robinson on Wine Aesthetics
Jancis Robinson has some interesting things to say about wine aesthetics. Last week she reposted a summary of a lecture she gave to the British
Taste and Social Class
One obstacle to the study of food and wine aesthetics is the complicating role of social class and moral judgment in explaining food or wine
Beyond Balance
Most premium wines and even many budget wines are balanced. To say a wine is balanced doesn’t tell us much except that it was competently
Wine Review: Petit Bourgeois Cabernet Franc IGP Val de Loire 2018
A very pleasant wine and quite versatile at the table. All about freshness, it’s almost childlike, so ingenuous and innocent. Candied red berries with prominent
Italian Wines are Distinctive and That’s a Good Thing
MW Sarah Heller’s paean to the distinctiveness of Italian wines in Club Oenologique gets at an important point about what I call “wine royalty” in
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 