Several weeks ago I argued that the body of a wine is not a single quality but a group of related yet distinct features that
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On Jamie Goode’s Wine Tasting with the Triune Brain
Jamie Goode’s recent post on wine tasting and the triune brain is theoretically suspect but practically insightful. The triune brain refers to a theory from
What Do We Mean By the “Body” of a Wine
It is routine in tasting notes and discussions about wine to refer to a wine’s body. But what exactly do we mean by that? Of
A Remedy for Tired Wine Tasting Notes
Last month I argued that wine tasting notes don’t give us much information about how a wine tastes. Most tasting notes consist of a list
Why Is Texture Often Ignored in Wine Tasting?
In tasting notes, wine education materials, and wine discourse in general, aromas are assumed to be the most accessible properties of a wine. In fact
Reflections on Objectivity and Wine Tasting (Part 2)
I argued last week that flavors and aromas do not exist in the wine or in the mind but at their intersection. What exists in
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 