Does Authentic Wine Exist?

One of the great marketing promises, especially in selling fine wine, is the claim of authenticity. The idea that a certain wine still is fully in accordance with the original nature and quality of the wine in question. The suggestion is then, that the wines are something like ‘identical’. So being made from grapes which…

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Quality of Champagne from a Philosophical Perspective

How much in a serving of Champagne

When we speak about Champagne we almost always tell each other about the supreme quality of this elixir. But what do we actually mean if we speak about quality? What IS the quality of Champagne? Maybe philosophy can give us the answer. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” (Margaret Wolfe Hungerford) If we…

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