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
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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
No. Wine Tasting is Not Subjective
If you’ve been reading this blog for some time you probably know I get a case of the furies when someone dismisses wine tasting as
The Aim of Wine Criticism Is Appreciation
Last week I argued that the purpose of wine criticism is not primarily to aid purchasing decisions, but I left undecided what the primary purpose
The Challenges of Wine and Food Criticism
According to countless studies in recent years, there is substantial evidence that we are easily influenced by environmental factors in our judgments about taste. Green
Two Kinds of Wine Criticism
In wine evaluation it seems there are two kinds of judgments that often get confused. In one sort of judgment there is some actual property
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 