There’s a peculiar kind of failure that befalls the gastronomic thinker—not a failure of taste, but of attention. It happens, perversely, in the presence of
Is Wine Art? Yes, If You Want Wine to Have a Future
In case you haven’t heard the bad news, wine is in trouble. Not necessarily the weather-ravaged vineyards or the climate-anxious growers—though they have their problems—but
Is Wine Criticism in Crisis?
In an article at “Hyperallergic,” art writer Hakim Bishara confronts the alleged crisis in art criticism in terms uncannily reminiscent of the hand-wringing that plagues
The Acid Heads Should Step Back
Andrew Jefford, as is his wont, wrote an insightful and timely article on what he calls the key question in wine aesthetics: When you treat
Re-Thinking the Aesthetics of Food
Posted originally at Three Quarks Daily It is a curious legacy of philosophy that the tongue, the organ of speech, has been treated as the
Why Wine No Longer Fits the Way We Eat
Wine consumption in the United States has stalled—if not slid quietly down the hill it once climbed with such aspirational fervor. Analysts point to many
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 