On tasting – a lengthy explanation of what I know.
Your moment has arrived. Imagine a large cellar, an unidentified red is poured, ‘what do you think of this.’? Even harder is this test. For years the Adelaide daily, The Advertiser, used the new release of Penfolds Grange to randomly stop city strollers and ask them to pass comment on an El cheapo compared to the Grange. Mostly no one had a clue.
New year’s thoughts, testing new wines and a moment in Paris.
New year’s resolutions about wine are the same for you and me. The Glug side will make and discover interesting wines and sell these at reasonable prices while you will enjoy your drinking by not joining the madness of preposterous prices. The Monday letter will provide refresher courses about which parts of the wine lore are made up.
After decades of study I announce the Top Global Region for value.
I hate waste as we retailers make money by collecting drips in a bucket. So, overspending on wine upsets me. I still approach shoppers in any wine store, ‘Pardon me but consider this over here as its better and half the price’.
Show judging inflating prices Linnaean experts and Wine Spectator
Accumulate experience and selecting a good bottle is not so hard. The hits far outweigh the misses which confirms your skills. Though do you ever ask why the same wine will be pronounced average by an experienced consumer in another State?
Recent bottlings wine with food and wine as experiences.
Somewhere, sometime, the humble village wine changed into a different beverage.
The MRI machine brings bad news as being a clear thinker about wines may not be possible.
The wine business is full of traps which confuse your ability to think clearly.
