The recent article by Hayes and Pickering in the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (behind a paywall) has gotten a lot of attention from
Tag: wine tasting
Who’s The Expert?
I have been musing about the nature of tasting expertise (wine and food criticism) in recent weeks (here, here, here, and here); but I don’t
Taste Is a Co-Production
The debate about whether wine tasting has objective standards too often assumes a mistaken picture of how taste works. The mistaken picture is something like
Are California Winemakers Cutting Their Own Throats?
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
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
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 