In his wonderfully eccentric cookbook Eat Me, now deceased New York chef Kenny Shopsin wrote: I think the difference between art and craft is that
Tag: wine aesthetics
The Science Supporting Holistic Wine Tasting
If you’re interested in the aesthetic dimensions of wine, you will likely find most wine science to be unhelpful and not particularly relevant for understanding
The Wine World and Competing Values
I think this article in Vinepair entitled “Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? really gets to the heart of the debate about what
Interpreting a Wine is Like Interpreting a Work of Art
Philosophers who think wine and food cannot be works of art often argue that smell and taste, unlike the visual arts and music, don’t provide
The Real Meaning of Funk
Danny Chau’s article in Punch entitled “Let’s Talk About Funky” covers the bases of this ubiquitous descriptor rather well. With the explosion of natural wine
What is Good Taste, Revisited
In the philosophical literature on aesthetics, there are two traditional models of what counts as good taste in art and both can be applied to
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 