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
Tag: wine aesthetics
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
Wine and Imagination
We usually think of wine tasting as a perceptual experience which then produces an experience of pleasure or displeasure depending on your reaction to the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 