David Schildknecht writing in the World of Fine Wine (issue 78, 2022) notes the difficulties in coming up with a standard by which to assess
Tag: wine aesthetics
Good Wines and Great Wines
Eric Asimov at the New York Times has a thoughtful post about what makes a good wine. It’s behind a paywall but here is the
Wine and Mystery
One way to distinguish beautiful objects from objects that are merely pretty is that beautiful objects have an aura of mystery about them. In the
Another Puzzling Argument about Wine and Art
I came across this argument in Jason Wilson’s newsletter: I’ve always maintained that wine is not art. My main reason for feeling this way is
On Burying Aesthetics
Over the past half-century, wine has become increasingly democratized as more and more people, some of limited means, make wine a part of their lives.
More Nonsense on Wine and Art
In an otherwise interesting comparison between the fine wine market and the market for fine art, the wine research institute Areni Global claims that wine