Barry C Smith

A collection of essays by different authors on various philosophical topics related to wine: the effect of information on evaluation, the metaphorical language of sensory description, the status of wine as a work of art, etc. Several of the essays are excellent and gave me a lot to contemplate. A few were a bit overwrought or lazily thought out (perhaps the subject was a bit too close at hand during the writing). The book concludes with an interview with winemaker/philosopher Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards, which provides a wonderfully specific counterpoint to the abstractions which preceded it.… (mehr)