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
Tag: wine aesthetics
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
Wine’s Curse: Can We Break the Spell?
Two articles posted at World of Fine Wine’s website pose wine’s greatest challenge and perhaps the solution. Andrew Jeffords laments the high cost of the
Wine and Cuisine: Craft or Art?
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
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
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 