For the past two years, I’ve been working intermittently on developing a new wine tasting model to be included in the book I’m writing on
Tag: aesthetics of wine
Wine and Soul
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
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
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 