In my Tuesday post, I listed a variety of obstacles to wine evaluation mostly having to do with the inherent unreliability of our flavor sensors
Tag: wine tasting
Who Do You Believe? The Wine Critic or Your Lyin’ Nose
Do wine critics matter? Isn’t taste subjective? Can there really be wine expertise in the same sense that doctors have expertise at diagnosing diseases and
San Diego Wine Society Event
San Diego’s newest wine venue, the San Diego Wine Society, is hosting its next event on Saturday, March 31. This month’s meeting will feature luxury
Family Winemakers are Taking Risks and Making Some Great Wine
Family Winemakers, the trade association for small wine producers in California, held their annual tasting in San Diego on Sunday—200 wineries, over 1000 wines, and
Should Wine Critics Always Taste Blind?
This is a subject of endless debate in the wine world. The argument for tasting blind is that wine tasters are influenced by the price
Controversies in the Wine World: The Latest on Terroir and Screwcaps
The concept of terroir generates lots of disagreement in the wine world. (“Terroir “ is the French word that refers to the claim that the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 