Our capacity for generosity and renewal rests on inspiration, and beauty is among the things that inspires us most of all. As life in our
Tag: beauty
“I Like it” Doesn’t Capture the Meaning of Beauty
In aesthetics it is crucial that we distinguish liking something from finding it beautiful. I might judge an ordinary Chianti to be a good wine
Must You Love the Wines I Love?
Last week I argued that disagreements among lovers of beauty about what is praiseworthy form communities of rivals—groups of like-minded devotees who find rival beauties
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
Ephemera the Beautiful
I’ve been looking at how the history of debate about the concept of beauty helps us think about the aesthetic experience of wine. (I covered
What is a Beautiful Wine? (2)
This post continues my series on whether the millennia-long debate over the nature of beauty can give us important insights into wine quality. (Part 1
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 