Wine importer Terry Thiese’s wonderful book What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking: In Praise of the Sublime raises many philosophical issues. For Theise, wine has
Tag: aesthetics of wine
Why Drinking the Icons Only is a Bad Strategy
I know people who insist on drinking only the best wines from any category, the wines with pedigree and reputation. After all, there is a
Wine Metaphors and Interpretation
Last week I linked to several examples of what has become a favorite theme in wine media—complaints about wine language, especially the use of metaphors
Defending the Wine Critics
It’s fashionable to criticize wine critics for a variety of sins: they’re biased, their scores don’t mean anything, and their jargon is unintelligible according to
Is Stupid but Entertaining Worth Praising?
Since I’ve been writing and thinking a lot recently about the role of the wine writer, I couldn’t resist commenting on this post by Tom
Wine as the Art of Life
For wine enthusiasts, artisanal wine is about continuous variation and the singularities that emerge from those variations. Wine enthusiasts devote most of their attention to
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 