This essay entitled “The Wine Drinker as Flâneur” by Jason Wilson is the most pleasurable piece of wine writing I’ve encountered in quite a while.
Flavors That Offend: The Aesthetic Function of Disgust
The culinary world thrives on pleasure and refinement. But some of the most revered dishes flirt deliberately with revulsion. From stinky tofu’s fetid allure to
Jefford’s Stinker about Minerality
I have great admiration for Andrew Jefford. His columns are invariably insightful, thoughtful, and well written. Or at least that used to be the case.
The Aesthetic Politics of the Tasting Menu
When you accept a tasting menu at a fine‑dining institution, you are entering into a contract of taste, trust, and surrender. It is not merely
Wine Without Context is Wine Half-Tasted
In wine circles, blind tasting is treated as a kind of moral high ground. You conceal the label, obscure the origin, hide the grape and
Palate as Palimpsest: How Memory Shapes the Taste of the Present
A palimpsest is a manuscript on which the original writing has been erased to make room for new writing but of which traces of the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 