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Questions of taste : the philosophy of wine /

Questions of taste : the philosophy of wine / edited by Barry C. Smith ; with a foreword by Jancis Robinson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007. - xvii, 222 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

First published: Oxford : Signal Books, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The philosophy of wine / Knowledge, wine and taste: what good is knowledge (in enjoying wine?) / The objectivity of tastes and tasting / Wine and the brain / The power of tastes: reconciling science and subjectivity / Can wines be brawny?: reflections on wine vocabulary / Wine as an aesthetic object / One [sic] the evaluation of wine quality / Wine epistemology: the role of reputational and ranking systems in the world of wine / The art and craft of wine / Roger Scruton -- Kent Bach -- Barry C. Smith -- Jamie Goode -- Ophelia Deroy -- Adrienne Lehrer -- Tim Crane -- Steve Charters -- Gloria Origgi -- Andrew Jefford and Paul Draper.

Essays illuminating the philosophical issues surrounding our love of wine.

9780195331462 019533146X


Wine and wine making.
Wine tasting.
Philosophy.

TP548.5.A5 / Q47 2007

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