Refining taste requires conscious learning beyond trusting one’s initial palate

Evidence

To develop a sophisticated taste for wine, the oenophile Allan Sichel says, the student should first “trust his own palate.” But after that point, there must be a conscious desire to learn more. Then, “as experience grows and perception becomes keener, his taste is certain to change and wines which at first pleased may now bore or actively displease.” — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 251

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Achieving high-status taste requires deep knowledge, congruence, and bounded originality — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 251; Elite taste favors forms requiring cultivated knowledge to enjoy — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 253; Great taste requires bounded originality beyond copying what one ought to like — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 256 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Great taste requires bounded originality beyond copying what one ought to like #corroborates (0.86) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 256
• Achieving high-status taste requires deep knowledge, congruence, and bounded originality #expands (0.82) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 251
• Elite taste favors forms requiring cultivated knowledge to enjoy #exemplifies (0.81) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 253
• Knowledge requires mental reflection on existence rather than passive sensory impressions #corroborates (0.79) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 693