How to use this blog

Submitted by Clark Smith on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 12:00am

This blog consists of pieces on various wine technology topics. These are sorted into Categories: Postmodern Winemaking, Natural Winemaking, Terroir, Alcohol Adjustment, Social Responsibility, and so forth. The Search function will bring up titles discussing your keyword: sulfites, micro-oxygenation, chips, allergens, fining, and reverse osmosis are rich in content. I also recommend the Postmodern Winemaking Calendar Mandala or the the Postmodern Winemaking Glossary which ties all the concepts of postmodern winemaking together.

Pairing wine with Middle Eastern music

Submitted by winesmith on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 12:23pm

Bonjour Clark!

How are you?

I just listened to the FWS Seminar that you hosted and I wanted to thank you for sharing your experience, your theories, your knowledge and your time. I am completely fascinated by your views!

Being a singer-songwriter, I am especially intrigued by the co-relation that you make between music and wine! One question... What kind of wine would Middle Eastern music inspire you to drink?!

I look forward to reading your book!

Hope you are well!

Merci et Santé

Mymi

Clark writes:

How to Pair Wine and Music

Submitted by Clark Smith on Sun, 10/03/2010 - 8:37am

Clark:

Some time back (2007?) I remember listening to a show on NPR about the relationships between wine and music. I was intrigued by the idea – as a musician I have always felt that music affects many things.

Petite Sirahs and All That Jazz

Submitted by Clark Smith on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 8:16pm

What serendipity. Jo Diaz had cooked up on her own an idea about pairing the jazz piano and bluesy vocals of Alacia Van with a pile of Petite Sirahs, and invited me along without any notion of the work I’ve done on the subject. It was her notion that we could pair each of the 15 wines with a different selection.

I told her this wasn’t likely to work. Either we would see no good pairings at all, or there would be groups of emotional modalities which would cluster around one song or another.

Wine and Music Day at Hess Collection

Submitted by Clark Smith on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 3:14pm

Monday was a truly remarkable day organized by Jo and Jose Diaz of PS I Love You and well recounted by Ken Paxton's Reign of Terroir. My own account has been delayed by the necessity of a redeye flight to Charlotte immediately thereafter and a combination of intensely working the market and being jetlagged out of my mind ever since.

Interactive Forum at Vino Exchange

Submitted by pmwine on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 12:00am

I am on the hot seat this week for Pamela Heiligenthal’s forum called Vino Exchange at Enobytes.com.

Live Wine & Music Pairing

Submitted by Clark Smith on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:36am

Clark:
I am one of the owners of a winery in Paso Robles, and we are planning a wine and live music pairing at our tasting room in October. We are family run and many of the members of our family have been in the music business in one way or another for many years (I am a composer myself). Our tasting room is centered around music, with lots of memorabilia, and a built in stage for live performances by jazz acts as well as the "Family Band" - a 6 piece group made up entirely of our family members.

Physics or Cognition?

Submitted by Clark Smith on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 1:23pm

Readers of the recent SF Chronicle articles on the work I’m involved in concerning the resonance of wine and music have written me to ask whether I think the effect is in our perception or some physical effect the musical vibration has on the structure of the wine.

Wine and Music: Mysterious Resonances

Submitted by Clark Smith on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 12:00am

I confess I’ve been holding out on my readers about an intriguing area of research Susie and I have been pursuing lately, that of the relationship of wine and music. My wife, Dr. Susan Mayer-Smith, a French-trained clinical psychologist who holds two music degrees and was awarded first chair flautist for the Chicago Symphony at age 19, has been working with me to explore the GrapeCraft core notion that wine is liquid music.