I suspect that most people who drink wine regularly think they are able to distinguish expensive wine from the cheap stuff. But there are numerous
Tag: wine tasting
The Mind Plays Tricks
Last week I participated in a blind tasting, the sort of blind tasting that all somms fear, where you’re tricked into falling flat on your
Wine Aesthetics and Commerce: An Uneasy Blend
Wine is an aesthetic object as worthy of our sustained attention as works of art or the wonders of nature. Yet wine aesthetics occupies a
On Jerks, Snobs and Wine Appreciation
We wine lovers are constantly accused of snobbery, pretension, and arrogance, some of it deserved but most of it misplaced. All of this sniping, often
Balance and Harmony: They Aren’t the Same
Recently in a post complaining about how the term “balance” has been abused in the wine world, I defined it as “the relative prominence of
The Pursuit of Balance Isn’t What it Seems
I’ve been thinking about harmony as it applies to wine this week but got distracted by the idea of balance, a related but dissimilar concept.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 