There is more to making wine than the winemaker and her grapes. In my Three Quarks column this month I argue that, in addition to
Tag: aesthetics
The Color of Life
I had this thought while strolling through the wonderful Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island a few weeks ago. Imagine a world in which all we
On Beauty: The Ancients Had it All Wrong
My Three Quarks column this month is not about wine exactly, but it is about beauty and some wines are beautiful. So it sort of
Power vs. Elegance: Is it a Matter of Art vs. Craft?
Although the general wine drinking public seems to prefer lush, powerful wines, in recent years wine experts and somms seem to prefer wines with lower
Are Fine Wine and Creative Cooking Arts or Crafts?
The explosion of interest in the aesthetics of food and beverages over the past several decades inevitably raises the question whether certain culinary preparations or
Everything is Wine
From Baudelaire’s poem, Get Drunk: One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters; that’s our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time’s
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 