I suppose one of the original justifications for scoring wine was that it would give us a reasonably objective ordering of aesthetic quality. This was
Tag: wine criticism
Why Are There Few Negative Wine Reviews?
Noelle at Outwines blog launched an interesting discussion thread on Twitter. This has puzzled me for a long time. The responses to her question
Thinking Differently about Objectivity
Judgements about wine quality and which features are exhibited by individual wines are unavoidable in the wine community. Everyone from sommeliers to critics to marketing
Wine Criticism and Alcohol Consumption
Here is an argument I’ve heard several people make for the unreliability of wine criticism. (1) Wine criticism requires excellent judgment (2) The consumption of
Complaints about Wine Metaphors are Tilting at Windmills
Wine writers, especially those who write wine reviews, are often derided for the flowery, overly imaginative language they use to describe wines. In my Three
Drinking Liquid Poetry
I recently argued that wine writers face a daunting task. Their main job is to describe the individuality and distinctiveness of a wine. These dimensions
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