A life in which the pleasures of food and drink are not central is missing a crucial dimension of a good life. Food and drink,
Philosophy has Been Wrong About Wine for 2500 Years
Throughout most of philosophy’s history, wine has been treated as an insignificant diversion, incapable of being beautiful and incapable of producing genuine aesthetic pleasure. The
We’ll Take Rosé Seriously When They Make Serious Rosé
Oliver Styles at Wine Searcher asks “Are rosé wines inherently inferior, or is it a case of outright discrimination?” As Styles points out, putting sparkling
Wine Review: Replica “Retrofit” Chardonnay Carneros 2018
Replica made a big media splash when it launched in 2015. Their pitch was to take well-known, over-priced wines like Rombauer Chardonnay, Meiomi, or The
Bordeaux and Me-Too-Ism
Bordeaux is still trying to figure out how to sell wine that isn’t from a classed vineyard. With Millennials and Gen Zedders famously shunning wine,
What is Elegance in Wine?
Elegance is one of the most important aesthetic properties of a wine. It is almost always a marker of superior quality although it gets overused
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 