I argued recently that the job of the wine critic is to help readers appreciate a wine by communicating the properties and appropriate responses to
Tag: wine criticism
The Wine Critic’s Job (#5 in a series on wine criticism)
In this series of posts I’ve been arguing that the primary purpose of wine criticism is to aid in appreciation. Thus, to provide an account
The Mixed Legacy of Robert Parker
To what degree do wine critics influence wine quality? This is a complicated question but in my 3 Quarks essay this month I begin to
How to Respond To a Wine: Part 3 in a Series on Appreciation
Last week I argued that one necessary condition of appreciating a wine is being aware of a wine’s properties by tasting it or, given proper
If the Wine Review is Dead, so is the Wine Community
Jeff Siegel, aka The Wine Curmudgeon, was rather curmudgeon-like in his post last week arguing that wine criticism was no longer relevant or effective. Asking
Wine Critics in Search of Difference
My Three Quarks column this month is, for the most part, a compilation of recent posts published here on Edible Arts on the aims of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 