Wine as an art

The Oxford Learner's Dictionary defines art as ''the use of the imagination to express ideas or feelings, particularly in painting, drawing or sculpture''. At the same time, Lexico.com adds that it is ''expressed typically in a visual form producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.'' The Birth of Venus, Guernica, Hermes of Praxiteles and the Caryatids are highest expressions of art channelling greatness, energy and emotional power. But can one sit and admire wine in the way one would do at the exhibits in the Rodin Museum? In a way perhaps?

Α classic MW theory question would be "is wine an art or a science", which is open both to argument and interpretation. But, to attempt an answer, we need to bear the above definition in mind. Can wine be admired as an object of beauty? Well, not really, if we are discussing the actual liquid. But, it can undoubtedly reflect emotional power and power in general. But not always; only when the discussion is about fine wines. There are few more than a handful of wines that manage to do so, and these probably comprise a super tiny percentage of the wines produced in the world. Τhink about the top wines of Bordeaux and Jaugaret, think about Humbrecht Rangen de Thann, Joguet and Clos Rougeard, Rayas, Cros Parantoux and the great Burgundies, Egon Muller's TBA, Keller G-Max and some other icon wines that are a benchmark for their quality and status.