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Author Perullo, Nicola, 1970- author.

Title Epistenology : wine as experience / Nicola Perullo
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
Arts and traditions of the table.
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- Note for the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Wine and the Creativity of Touch -- Prologue -- 1. Meeting with Wine -- 2. Haptic Taste -- 3. The Creativity of Touch -- 4. The Languages of Wine, All of Them -- Part II. Taste as a Task -- 5. Reestablishing Bonds -- 6. Without a Theme -- 7. Without Method -- 8. Without Competency -- 9. Without Judgment -- 10. Taste Is Not a Sense but a Task -- 11. Stories Without Instructions -- 12. Terroir Is the World -- 13. Inebriation and Intoxication -- Notes -- Bibliographical Note -- Essential Bibliography -- Index
Summary "We think we know how to appreciate wine-trained connoisseurs take dainty sips in sterile rooms and provide ratings based on objective knowledge and technical expertise. In Epistenology, Nicola Perullo vigorously challenges this approach, arguing that it is the enjoyment of drinking wine as an active and participatory experience that matters. Perullo argues that wine comes to life not in the abstract space of the professional tasting but in the real world of shared experiences; wines can change in these encounters, and drinkers along with them. Just as a winemaker is not simply a producer but a nurturer, a wine is fully known only through an encounter among a group of drinkers in a specific place and time. Wine is not an object to analyze but an experience to make, creatively opening up new perceptual possibilities for settings, cuisines, and companions. The result of more than twenty years of research and practical engagement, Epistenology presents a new paradigm for the enjoyment of wine and through it a philosophy based on participatory and relational knowledge. This model suggests a profound shift-not knowledge about but with wine. Interweaving philosophical arguments with personal reflections and literary examples, this book is a journey with wine that shows how it makes life more creative and free"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2021)
Subject Wine tasting.
COOKING -- Beverages -- Alcoholic -- Wine.
Wine tasting
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020017907
ISBN 9780231553063
0231553064
9780231552202
0231552203