Emily Saladino in Wine Enthusiast provides a good summary of various views on the perennial question, What Do We Mean When We Say “Fine Wine?”
Tag: wine aesthetics
Typicity and Its Challenges
Is typicity any longer a meaningful criterion for evaluating wine? David Schildknecht at World of Fine Wine has some insight into that question. Communality of
A Great Wine Moves the Mind and the Heart
I wrote recently that what counts as a great wine is an “evolving and unsettled matter” because the value of specific styles change over time
Wine and Everyday Aesthetics
What deep human problem or interest does wine serve? Wine is one among many beverages that can serve a very general, if not universal, interest
The Contested Concept of Great Wine
How do we go about identifying a great wine? We might leave it up to critics to tell us which wines are great. Or we
Malfeito-Ferreira on the Synthetic Nature of Wine Tasting
Last month, I linked to a newly published review article by Portuguese microbiologist Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira. He argues that wine tasting is fundamentally synthetic and holistic
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 