When I started to study wine seriously, I was most impressed by the powerful commitment that some people make to wine with no guarantee of
Tag: wine aesthetics
Wine and Music Pairing: A Next-Level Aesthetic Experience
The evidence that pairing music with wine can enhance one’s tasting experience continues to mount since I last visited this topic in 2017. A research
Jancis Robinson on Wine Aesthetics
Jancis Robinson has some interesting things to say about wine aesthetics. Last week she reposted a summary of a lecture she gave to the British
Beyond Balance
Most premium wines and even many budget wines are balanced. To say a wine is balanced doesn’t tell us much except that it was competently
Italian Wines are Distinctive and That’s a Good Thing
MW Sarah Heller’s paean to the distinctiveness of Italian wines in Club Oenologique gets at an important point about what I call “wine royalty” in
The Value of Disagreement
Disagreements about wine, both individual wines and well as wine styles, are ubiquitous and inevitable. But this is not a bad thing. Aesthetic engagement is
