We usually think of wine tasting as a perceptual experience which then produces an experience of pleasure or displeasure depending on your reaction to the
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Paying Attention to Tension
Andrew Jefford’s recent post on the current enthusiasm for wines with tension and energy points to an important dimension of wine quality which is often
The Best Evidence for Genuine Wine Expertise
The press and the public seem to never tire of the lazy, thoughtless assertion that wine expertise doesn’t exist, that wine quality is just subjective.
Why is Wine Talk Considered Pretentious?
It is hard to come up with an example of a type of conversation more vilified than wine talk. In the popular imagination wine talk
Wine Tasting and Objectivity
My Three Quarks post this month is a somewhat revised version of my two recent posts on Edible Arts exploring whether wine tasting should strive
Does Alcohol Harm Wine Evaluation?
One of the often repeated objections to the validity of wine criticism is that the influence of alcohol destroys the capacity for good judgment. Unlike
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 