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
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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
Defending the Wine Critics
It’s fashionable to criticize wine critics for a variety of sins: they’re biased, their scores don’t mean anything, and their jargon is unintelligible according to
If You Don’t Like Our Wine Vocabulary, Suggest an Alternative
If the wine critic’s job is to enable the reader to grasp the kinds of responses it is appropriate to have to a wine, then
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 