There will be no wine reviews this week. I’ve been fighting flu symptoms for days—beginning the day after getting a flu shot, funny that. I
Tag: wine criticism
In Defense of Tasting Notes
Every summer, it seems, the wine blogosphere contracts a case of morose self-reflection and finds some esoteric issue to endlessly fret about—the objectivity of wine
I Can’t Get My Head Around This Fight
It’s not exactly Pacquiao vs. Mayweather but every once in awhile wine critics square off against each other and try to land a few blows.
Wine Writer Jumps the Shark
The debate about alcohol levels in wine is not only tedious. It is causing otherwise sane people to lose their grip on reality. I’ve enjoyed
Do Crowdsourced Reviews Favor Ignorance?
I ‘ve been writing about the validity of various sorts of wine and food criticism all week, so I might as well continue, since I
Are Wine Scores Inflated?
Complaints about the 100-pt. rating system for wine are ubiquitous in the blogosphere and I’ve commented on it myself. But beating a dead horse is
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 