In tasting notes, wine education materials, and wine discourse in general, aromas are assumed to be the most accessible properties of a wine. In fact
Tag: Wine Writing
When Words Fail
What did the wines that stimulated conversation in Plato’s Symposium taste like? Or the clam chowder in Moby Dick, the “brown and yellow meats” served
Speaking of Aged Wines
Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser has a wonderfully informative post about what happens when a wine ages, how to appreciate aged wines, and how to communicate
More Wine Populist Nonsense
This argument, this time from W. Blake Gray, gets really tiresome, but there seems to be no end to the joy wine writers get from
Wine Appreciation and Imagination
We typically don’t think of wine tasting as an imaginative activity. But imagination is an important part of appreciation and is crucial to wine writing.
Are Wine Reviews about Entertainment?
Oliver Styles is largely right about the purpose of wine reviews. He argues that people don’t read wine reviews to guide their buying decisions. I
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 