Culture & Wine: #7 Language

A complex subject, so, an easy one to start …. my grandparents will have never heard the words Champagne or … More

Culture & Wine #5.2 Literature

There are many ways to write about wine. At one extreme there is the technical — a language of terroir … More

Let’s dance! Nietzsche on music and dancing.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music”. Let’s … More

A Standard of Taste

Aesthetic judgements and disagreements over questions of taste seem impossibile to avoid. We have an innate desire to express, and … More

It’s Not About The Wine! By Brian Metters

The best books take us on a journey and teach us something along the way, sometimes about ourselves, sometimes about … More

Wine and a Book: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. Part 3: The Michelangelesque George Emerson

As one of Forster’s most beloved novels, “A Room With a View”, published in 1908, is in many ways not just … More

Wine and a Book: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster. Part 2: The Gothic statue that is Cecil Vyse

As one of Forster’s most beloved novels, “A Room With a View”, published in 1908, is in many ways not … More

Wine and a Book: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. Part 1: Lucy in a muddle

As one of Forster’s most beloved novels, “A Room With a View”, published in 1908, is in many ways not … More

Assembly Required Part 2: Cubism, Mrs. Dalloway and Writing About Wine

What cubist painters did in transforming the way we look at things and think about paintings, Virginia Woolf did for … More

Assembly Required Part 1: Cubism, Mrs. Dalloway and writing about wine

The great advantage of a painting is that its expression is contained within the frame of a simultaneous whole. When … More