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B The u r n The eDiTors h AesTheTics a m a of Wine n d S k The il l e Douglas Burnham is Professor and å The topic of wine appreciation appears in s Personal Chair of Philosophy at a surprising number of seminal texts on AesTheTics Staffordshire University. He has written aesthetics, those by renowned philosophers extensively on the philosophy of ranging from Plato to Hume and Kant. Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche of Wine Yet in all of their writings, wine is a and philosophy’s relation to the arts. philosophical topic that is quickly dismissed as irrelevant, or even dangerous. T Ole Martin Skilleås is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bergen. h The Aesthetics of Wine questions this historic He is the author of Philosophy and reluctance to ascribe aesthetic attributes to e Literature (2001); several articles on wine, arguing instead that an appreciation philosophy, aesthetics, and literature; of fine wine should be afforded aesthetic A and is a regular contributor to Vinforum, consideration – and can lead to valuable a Norwegian wine magazine. e aesthetic experiences. Moreover, the authors reveal how the dismissal of wine s “Wines inspire us. Not just as sources of intoxicating pleasure, appreciation stems from certain prejudices but as objects of aesthetic appreciation. Here, in rich and T against the ‘bodily’ senses of smell and h satisfying detail, is a full-length study by philosophers of the taste, inherent biases that seriously subtle factors that influence our tasting judgments and e misrepresent the nature of aesthetic perception and judgment. By tackling these bestow values on wines, both in the glass and beyond.” T prejudices utilizing a suite of philosophical Barry C. Smith, i strategies such as social epistemology and c Director of the Institute of Philosophy The phenomenology, the authors reveal a s unique new formulation of the very “This is an important addition to the literature of wine. foundations of aesthetics – one that is built o AesTheTics on concepts such as context, emergence, As well as being a serious academic study of the aesthetics of inter-subjectivity, practices, and trust. wine appreciation, it’s also clearly written and surprisingly f accessible – a must read for any curious drinker.” W of Wine For philosophers, aestheticians, and wine Jamie Goode lovers alike, The Aesthetics of Wine offers unique philosophical insights regarding a i n celebrated drink with undeniable links to Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås the foundations of Western civilization itself. e ISBN 978-1-4443-3766-2 bbiinnddeexx..iinndddd 222288 55//1144//22001122 33::4444::2255 PPMM The Aesthetics of Wine 00000011552222003366..IINNDDDD ii 55//1188//22001122 1122::0066::5555 PPMM New Directions in Aesthetics Series editors: Dominic McIver Lopes, University of British Columbia, and Berys Gaut, University of St Andrews Blackwell’s New Directions in Aesthetics series highlights ambitious single- and multiple-author books that confront the most intriguing and pressing problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art today. Each book is written in a way that advances understanding of the subject at hand and is accessible to upper-undergraduate and graduate students. 1. Interpretation and Construction: Art, Speech, and the Law by Robert Stecker 2. Art as Performance by David Davies 3. The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature by Peter Kivy 4. The Art of Theater by James R. Hamilton 5. Cultural Appropriation and the Arts by James O. Young 6. Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature ed. Scott Walden 7. Art and Ethical Criticism ed. Garry L. Hagberg 8. Mirrors to One Another: Emotion and Value in Jane Austen and David Hume by Eva Dadlez 9. Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor by John Morreall 10. The Art of Videogames by Grant Tavinor 11. Once-Told Tales: An Essay In Literary Aesthetics by Peter Kivy 12. The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach by Aaron Meskin and Roy T. Cook 13. The Aesthetics of Wine by Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås 00000011552222003366..IINNDDDD iiii 55//1188//22001122 1122::0066::5566 PPMM The Aesthetics of Wine DOUGLAS BURNHAM AND OLE MARTIN SKILLEÅS A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication 00000011552222003366..IINNDDDD iiiiii 55//1188//22001122 1122::0066::5566 PPMM This edition fi rst published 2012 © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc Wiley-Blackwell is an imprint of John Wiley & Sons formed by the merger of Wiley’s global Scientifi c, Technical and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing. Registered Offi ce John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK Editorial Offi ces 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK For details of our global editorial offi ces, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. The right of Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås to be identifi ed as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burnham, Douglas, author. The aesthetics of wine / Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4443-3766-2 (hardback) 1. Wine–Philosophy. 2. Wine tasting. I. Skilleås, Ole Martin, author. II. Title. GT2885.B87 2012 394.1′3–dc23 2012015859 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Jacket image: © Yuri Arcurs/Shutterstock Cover design by Richard Boxall Design Associates Set in 10/12.5pt Galliard by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India 1 2012 00000011552222003366..IINNDDDD iivv 55//1188//22001122 1122::0066::5566 PPMM For Eleanor and Catherine (Douglas Burnham) For my children: Svein Oscar and Agnes (Ole Martin Skilleås) 00000011552222003366..IINNDDDD vv 55//1188//22001122 1122::0066::5566 PPMM 00000011552222003366..IINNDDDD vvii 55//1188//22001122 1122::0066::5566 PPMM Contents Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 Basic Concepts 8 2 Wine as a Vague and Rich Object 35 3 Wine and Cognition 64 4 Aesthetic Attributes in Wine 97 5 Taste and Expertise in Wine 140 6 The Wineworld 176 References 211 Index 220 ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 55//1144//22001122 33::4477::1199 PPMM Acknowledgments Telling people that we have been working on a book about the aesthetics of wine has usually brought forth quizzical smiles, lifted eyebrows, short laughs and quips about alcohol. We are therefore particularly grateful to those who have taken us seriously and provided us with the resources to carry out the work. Centre Franco-Norvegien en Sciences Sociales et Humaines in Paris funded two workshops with researchers from Norway, France and Britain, and gave us a room for a third. The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Bergen – with the indirect assistance of The Research Council of Norway – funded a conference and a workshop in Bergen. We learned a lot during those events from the participants who are too numerous all to be mentioned. However, we would like to single out and thank Ophelia Deroy, Barry C. Smith and Dominique Valentin for their well directed and fruitful criticism of our work – as well as all we have learned from them. We would also like to extend acknowledgments and thanks to each other. Writing this book has been a pleasure and the outcome better than either of us could have hoped to achieve on his own. We have both been involved in all the chapters and all the analyses, to a greater or lesser extent in each case, but certainly amounting to an equal contribution overall. The Department of Philosophy in Bergen also provided us with the funding to meet, write and discuss the book at a crucial juncture of its progress. We would like to thank audiences at the Universities of Bergen, Dundee, Manchester Metropolitan, Oslo, Southampton, Staffordshire and Warwick for their insights and contributions. The same goes for audiences at confer- ences: The Third International Philosophy of Wine Conference in Pollenzo (2008), The British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference in Oxford (2008), The Nordic Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference in Lahti (2010), and the Wine and Expertise conference in Paris (2011). ffllaasstt..iinndddd vviiiiii 55//1144//22001122 33::4466::4422 PPMM

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