Alder Yarrow called the latest debate in the wine world a “culture war”. On one side are fans of the “Parker-palate” –big, high-alcohol wines from
Tag: wine criticism
Vulgar Wines (or can excess be beautiful?)
Edible Arts is on a brief hiatus. Please enjoy this post from June 2012. Fredric Koeppel’s recent post “Wine and Vulgarity”was interesting and thought provoking—an
Wine Talk is About Communication, Not Objectivity or Accuracy
When wine is mentioned in the news (outside the columns of regularly-featured wine writers) the topic is all too often the unreliability of wine reviews.
Tasting Notes and the Poetry of Wine
That perennially momentous issue, the value of tasting notes, popped up again last week among luminaries of the wine writing guild. Keith Levenberg started the
Criticism and Objectivity: A Moral Imperative
Questions about the objectivity of food or wine appreciation could be easily resolved if a certain picture of how taste works were true. That picture
A Revolution in California Wines? I Doubt It.
California wines received some attention from Newsweek magazine earlier this week with an article that wins the prize for a misleading headline. The headline was
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 