Beschreibung:
The Aesthetics of Wine shows that discussing wine within theframework of aesthetics both benefits our understanding of wine asa phenomenon, while also challenging some of the basic assumptionsof the tradition of aesthetics.* Analyzes the appreciation of wine as an aestheticpractice.* Tackles prejudices against bodily senses, showing how theydistort traditional aesthetic theory* Represents the beginnings of a reformulation of generalaesthetics
Acknowledgments viiiIntroduction 11 Basic Concepts 82 Wine as a Vague and Rich Object 353 Wine and Cognition 644 Aesthetic Attributes in Wine 975 Taste and Expertise in Wine 1406 The Wineworld 176References 211Index 220