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
Table des matières
List of Figures viii
Foreword by Paul Draper ix
Acknowledgments xi
Planting the Vines: An Introduction 1
Fritz Allhoff
I The Art & Culture of Wine 13
1 Wine in Ancient Greece: Some Platonist Ponderings 15
Harold Tarrant
2 On and Off the Wagon: Wine and the American Character 30
Jonathon Alsop
3 Muse in a Stem Glass: Art, Wine, and Philosophy 44
Kirsten Ditterich-Shilakes
4 In Vino Sanitas 63
Frederick Adolf Paola
II Tasting & Talking about Wine 79
5 Mmmm . . . not Aha! Imaginative vs. Analytical Experiences of
Wines 81
John Dilworth
6 Talk about Wine? 95
Kent Bach
7 Winespeak or Critical Communication? Why People Talk about
Wine 111
Keith Lehrer and Adrienne Lehrer
III Wine & Its Critics 123
8 What the Wine Critic Tells Us 125
John W. Bender
9 Experiencing Wine: Why Critics Mess Up (Some of the Time)
137
Jamie Goode
IV The Beauty of Wine 155
10 You’ll Never Drink Alone: Wine Tasting and Aesthetic
Practice 157
Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås
11 Who Cares If You Like It, This Is a Good Wine Regardless
172
George Gale
12 Listening to the Wine Consumer: The Art of Drinking 186
Steve Charters
V Wine & Metaphysics 203
13 Is There Coffee or Blackberry in My Wine? 205
Kevin W. Sweeney
14 The Soul of Wine: Digging for Meaning 219
Randall Grahm
15 The Notion of Terroir 225
Matt Kramer
VI The Politics & Economics of Wine 235
16 Wine-Tasting Epiphany: An Analysis of the 1976 California vs.
France Tasting 237
Orley Ashenfelter, Richard E. Quandt, and George M.
Taber
17 The Old World and the New: Worlds Apart? 248
Warren Winiarski
18 Taste How Expensive This Is: A Problem of Wine and
Rationality 257
Justin Weinberg
19 Shipping across State Lines: Wine and the Law 275
Drew Massey
Notes on Contributors 288
Index 295
A propos de l’auteur
Fritz Allhoff, Ph D, is an assistant professor of philosophy at Western Michigan University. He is the co-editor of Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Blackwell, 2008). He enjoys, especially, Napa and Russian River wines as well as wine travel around the world.
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