What is going on when we evaluate a wine (or book, film, or musical work for that matter). Here is one way of conceptualizing it.
Tag: wine aesthetics
To Know a Wine, Try a Little Tenderness
When drinking fine wine, we tend to focus on the intensity and complexity of aromas, the lushness of the texture, how refined the tannins feel,
Wine Importer Kermit Lynch Tells Us What Good Taste Is
Since I’ve been banging on this topic a whole lot recently, why stop now? Especially when what I’ve been arguing is supported by a luminary
The Art of Wine: Cain Vineyard and Winery and the Art of Brett Management
In the wine world today, the “spirit of the age” is the pursuit of pure fruit expression. Find a healthy vineyard site where the grapes
The Limitations of Blind Tasting
In the wine world, blind tasting is the principle methodology for judging wines. Ideally, wines should be tasted without knowing the producer and often without
A Sin Against Beauty
Blake Gray committed a sin against beauty on his blog yesterday. A winery sent him a press notice about the release of a wine made
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 