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The philosophy of wine : a case of truth, beauty, and intoxication / Cain Todd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Todd, Cain Samuel, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wine--Philosophy.
- Wine.
- Wine tasting.
- Aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Can a wine really be feminine, profound, or pretentious? Is Château L'Eglise Clinet 1989 really a better wine than Château Belair 1989? Does a sommelier's judgment have any objective validity or is everyone's palette different and the advice of a critic therefore irrelevant? Is a great wine a work of art?
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The experience of wine : tasting, smelling and knowing
- The language of wine : chemicals, metaphors and imagination
- The case for objectivity I : realism, pluralism and expertise
- The case for objectivity II : relativism, evaluation and disagreement
- The aesthetic value of wine : beauty, art, meaning and expression
- Conclusion: Truth, beauty and intoxication.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-9471-X
- OCLC:
- 881552207
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