June 4 2006
I have a post today on the Wine Sediments portion of the Well Fed Network. You can find it here.
This week’s column is a touch on the long side, but stay with it because I think the matter of taste and reviews is a fascinating subject and I try to relate it everyday examination of the art, or the subjective items in our daily lives.
The genesis for the post was a panel review of wines in a local foodie magazine that reviewed the same wine with three widely divergent tasting notes—from strawberries to cherries to blackberries. I found it very interesting and more than a little peculiar that three people in the same room drinking at the same time would pick up different FRUIT in the wine. While this is easily understandable, the backbone of the article is whether this makes any sense when alleged experts can’t agree on the difference between a strawberry note and blackberries.
This research also led to my rant earlier this week about the joker at the Las Vegas Review Journal that wakes up with his knickers in a twist to pontificate on tasting nuances that are preposterous.
Thanks and good living and drinking ...
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Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast.