The media loves to report studies which claim to show wine tasting is nonsense. In my 3 Quarks essay this month I show why the
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The Wine-Tasting-is-Bunk Meme Won’t Go Away
I’m working on a longer article to show why the studies that purport to show that wine expertise is bunk are misleading. But this article
Are You a Fan of “Brett”?
What do you think of “Brett” in a wine—does it add complexity or is it just a flaw that should be eliminated by attentive winemakers?
What is Good Taste? (and another bottle of Pinot)
A few weeks ago I posed the question what is good taste, without making much progress on the topic. It can’t be merely a
Some Really “buggy” Winemakers
We know soil influences the taste of wine. Expert tasters can identify the region a wine comes from by identifying taste components, and wine sourced
Should the Wine Critic Be Blind?
Blind tasting, in which the person tasting the wine is prevented from knowing the producer and/or price and in some cases the variety and region,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 