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About this book
In Wine & Philosophy, philosophers, wine critics, and winemakers share their passion for wine through well-crafted essays that explore wine's deeper meaning, nature, and significance
- Joins Food & Philosophy and Beer & Philosophy in in the "Epicurean Trilogy
- Essays are organized thematically and written by philosophers, wine writers, and winemakers
- Chapters include, "The Art & Culture of Wine"; "Tasting & Talking about Wine"; "Wine & Its Critics"; "The Beauty of Wine"; "The Metaphysics of Wine"; and "The Politics & Economics of Wine"
- Accessible to a general audience while at the same time covering some serious philosophical ground
- Incorporates traditional areas of philosophical study, including philosophy of language, philosophy of perception, aesthetics, metaphysics, ethics and political philosophy
- A great complimentary text to any guided-tour visit to the Napa Valley or other wineries
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Table of contents
- List of Figures
- Foreword Paul Draper
- Acknowledgments
- Planting the Vines An Introduction Fritz Allhoff
- I The Art & Culture of Wine
- 1 Wine in Ancient Greece Some Platonist Ponderings Harold Tarrant
- 2 On and Off the Wagon Wine and the American Character Jonathon Alsop
- 3 Muse in a Stem Glass Art, Wine, and Philosophy Kirsten Ditterich-Shilakes
- 4 In Vino Sanitas Frederick Adolf Paola
- II Tasting & Talking about Wine
- 5 Mmmm . . . not Aha! Imaginative vs. Analytical Experiences of Wines John Dilworth
- 6 Talk about Wine? Kent Bach
- 7 Winespeak or Critical Communication? Why People Talk About Wine Keith Lehrer and Adrienne Lehrer
- III Wine & Its Critics
- 8 What the Wine Critic Tells Us John W. Bender
- 9 Experiencing Wine Why Critics Mess Up (Some of the Time) Jamie Goode
- IV The Beauty of Wine
- 10 You’ll Never Drink Alone Wine Tasting and Aesthetic Practice Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås
- 11 Who Cares If You Like It, This Is a Good Wine Regardless George Gale
- 12 Listening to the Wine Consumer The Art of Drinking Steve Charters
- V Wine & Metaphysics
- 13 Is There Coffee or Blackberry in My Wine? Kevin W. Sweeney
- 14 The Soul of Wine Digging for Meaning Randall Grahm
- 15 The Notion of Terroir Matt Kramer
- VI The Politics & Economics of Wine
- 16 Wine-Tasting Epiphany An Analysis of the 1976 California vs. France Tasting Orley Ashenfelter, Richard E. Quandt, and George M. Taber
- 17 The Old World and the New Worlds Apart? Warren Winiarski
- 18 Taste How Expensive This Is A Problem of Wine and Rationality Justin Weinberg
- 19 Shipping across State Lines Wine and the Law Drew Massey
- Notes on Contributors
- Index