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Questions of Taste
Barry C. Smith
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Description for Questions of Taste
Paperback. Leading wine professionals and philosophers ponder the question of 'taste' in wine. Editor(s): Smith, Barry C. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
In Questions of Taste, the first book in any language on the subject, philosophers such as Roger Scruton and wine professionals like Andrew Jefford, author of the award-winning book The New France, turn their attention to wine as an object of perception, assessment and appreciation. They and their fellow contributors examine the relationship between a wine's qualities and our knowledge of them; the links between the scientifically describable properties of wine and the conscious experience of the wine taster; what we base our judgements of quality on and whether they are subjective or objective; the distinction between the cognitive and ... Read more
In Questions of Taste, the first book in any language on the subject, philosophers such as Roger Scruton and wine professionals like Andrew Jefford, author of the award-winning book The New France, turn their attention to wine as an object of perception, assessment and appreciation. They and their fellow contributors examine the relationship between a wine's qualities and our knowledge of them; the links between the scientifically describable properties of wine and the conscious experience of the wine taster; what we base our judgements of quality on and whether they are subjective or objective; the distinction between the cognitive and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930216
SKU
V9781909930216
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99-50
About Barry C. Smith
The contributors include ROGER SCRUTON (wine correspondent for the New Statesman), KENT BACH: (San Francisco State University), BARRY C. SMITH (Birkbeck College, London), TIM CRANE: (University College London and author of The Mechanical Mind, Penguin, 1997), JAMIE GOODE (trained biochemist and an accomplished wine writer who runs the highly informed website www.wineanorak.com), PAUL DRAPER (chief wine-maker at Ridge Wines, California, ... Read more
Reviews for Questions of Taste
'Smith contends that, contrary to the oft-repeated incantation that taste is personal and all opinions are equally valid, oenophilia is not a strictly subjective exercise, and some people are more adept at judging Burgundies and Rhones than others.'
New York Times Book Review 'The contributors prove well up to the task of situating wine-centred questions within a larger framework ... Read more
New York Times Book Review 'The contributors prove well up to the task of situating wine-centred questions within a larger framework ... Read more