I haven’t been in a wine shop since late last year. But back in the day when it was permissible to be inside a room
Tag: wine criticism
Privileged Old White Guys and Negative Wine Reviews
One of New Zealand’s top wine judges Jim Harre, after sampling a Pinot Noir from Ekleipsi, sent an email to winemaker Jess Mavromatis with the
Do You Believe the Wine Critic or Your Lyin’ Nose?
Are wine critics reliable? Isn’t taste subjective? Can there really be wine expertise in the same sense that doctors have expertise at diagnosing diseases and
Wine Language and Diversity
Esther Mobley’s thoughtful article in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled “Wine’s diversity issue starts with the way we talk about wine” raises important questions about
In the Wine World We Should Stop Fretting about Objectivity
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
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
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 