In Gordon Shepherd’s fascinating book Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine, he reports on some research that raises obvious difficulties for wine
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Objectivity and Loving Attention
The key to objectivity, for human beings not gods, is attending to an object for what it is, as something that demands I approach it
Bad Advice for Novice Wine Drinkers
One of the worst pieces of advice to give a novice wine drinker is “If you like it, it is good”. Yet this slogan is
Do You Really Want a Wine that Smells like Blood or Asparagus?
The hot buzz word in the wine world over the past few years is “authenticity”, which Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop define as wine with
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 Tasting, Subjectivism and Nonsense
Philosopher Barry Smith’s recent article in World of Fine Wine magazine hits all the right points about the rampant, mistaken view that wine tasting is
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 