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 of Content
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
About the author
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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