I’m about to embark on a series of posts about wine criticism—what its aim is, what it takes to be good at it, and the
Tag: wine aesthetics
Correcting the Corrections: The Search for Chardonnay Quality
The story of Chardonnay is in part a story of how new technology supports inventive approaches to winemaking. It’s also a story of how technology
How Many Simultaneous Aromas Can We Detect in a Wine?
In Gordon Shepherd’s fascinating book Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine, he reports on some research that raises obvious difficulties for wine
Wine and Music Pairing Redux
I must confess to being a bit puzzled about why wine and music pairing has not become a more popular phenomenon. The empirical evidence that
Replica Wine
I have to think more about this article by MW Christy Canterbury before commenting but I just wanted to flag it as important. The main
The Vitality of Wine
Tasting notes often attribute emotions or personality characteristics to wine. Is there a foundation for such talk or is it just nonsense? In my Three
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 