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description: Interest in wine has steadily increased in recent years with people far more sophisticated about wine than they used to be and with more and more books being written about it not to mention the success of films like Sideways . And inevitably those who take a serious interest in wine findthemselves asking questions about it that are at heart philosophical.Questions of Taste is the first book to tackle these questions illuminating the philosophical issues surrounding our love of wine. Featuring lucid essays by top philosophers a linguist a biochemist and a winemaker and wine critic this book applies their critical and analytical skills toanswer--or at least understand--many thorny questions. Does the experience of wine lie in the glass or in our minds? Does the elaborate language we use to describe wine--alluding to the flavors of cheese or fruit or to a wines suppleness or brawniness--really mean anything at all? Can two peopletaste one wine in the same way? Does a wine expert enjoy wine more than a novice? How much should we care about what experts say about wine? These questions and others are not just the concern of the wine lover but go to the heart of how we think about the world around us--and are the provinceof the philosopher.With a foreword by leading wine authority Jancis Robinson (editor of the Oxford Companion to Wine ) this volume will be of interest to anyone who thinks seriously about the experience of enjoying wine as well as those interested in seeing philosophy applied to the world of theeveryday.
language: English
title: Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine
publisher: Oxford University Press