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
Tag: aesthetics of wine
The Book is Written
Four years ago, I decided to start working on a book on the philosophy of wine. This weekend, I finished the draft. (Celebrated with a
What Do We Owe A Great Bottle of Wine?
Like anything of beauty, a great wine demands something of us and we can fail to live up to that demand. In my Three Quarks
Is Wine Tasting Intersubjective?
Among people who write on wine aesthetics there is a near universal commitment to the idea of intersubjectivity as a way of understanding the nature
Rival Beauties
When we communicate about wine, what message is being transmitted? Beauty has long been associated with those moments in life that cannot easily be spoken
Wine: Tragic Beauty Worthy of Shakespeare
Last week I wrote that part of the beauty of wine lies in its ephemera and its connection to change and mortality. The fleeting, inconstant
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 