Blind tasting is considered to be the gold standard of wine evaluation. And the reason for its status is that it allegedly blocks the biases
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Wine Language and Diversity
Esther Mobley’s thoughtful article in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled “Wine’s diversity issue starts with the way we talk about wine” raises important questions about
Does a Novice and an Expert have the Same Sensory Experience?
Some philosophers hold the position that wine tasting (or any kind of tasting for that matter) is a purely sensory experience. No input from the
Holistic Tasting and the Fear of Subjectivity
Tasting notes are often derided as excessive, boring, or unhelpful. But most of these criticisms miss the main drawback to most tasting notes. They fail
Thinking Differently about Objectivity
Judgements about wine quality and which features are exhibited by individual wines are unavoidable in the wine community. Everyone from sommeliers to critics to marketing
Wine Drinkers are from Venus; Wine Tasters are from Mars
Many discussions about wine that appear in popular writing or in casual conversations fail to distinguish the practice of wine tasting from the activity of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 