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
Tag: wine criticism
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
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
