I don’t know that there is another human sub-culture as bound to habit and convention as the wine community. The wine styles available today—red, white,
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Why Detailed Wine Reviews Matter to the Wine Community
If you want a community, you need a conversation; if you want a conversation, you need a shared record; and if you want a shared
Heraclitus in the Glass: Why the Most Interesting Wines are Unruly
Originally posted at Three Quarks Daily Wine tasting is a great seducer for those with an analytic cast of mind. No other beverage has attracted
Jefford’s Stinker about Minerality
I have great admiration for Andrew Jefford. His columns are invariably insightful, thoughtful, and well written. Or at least that used to be the case.
Wine Without Context is Wine Half-Tasted
In wine circles, blind tasting is treated as a kind of moral high ground. You conceal the label, obscure the origin, hide the grape and
Between Subjectivity and Science: Rethinking Objectivity and Wine Tasting
Posted originally at Three Quarks Daily If there is one commonly held “truth” that governs conventional wisdom about wine tasting, it is that wine tasting
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 