Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Not a review per se...

Just some advice. It's pretty easy to get wrapped up in playing the parlor game of "What do you smell in this wine" That is not the point of tasting. The only reason the game matters is so that you can tell others in the wine world what you like and don't like in various wines. What matters is what you like. If you can find a way to express that and others understand more power to you.

I have found that another way to relate is to call out a very well known wine as a "gold standard" If some one says: "I really like the way that Archery Summit tastes, but I want something a bit less expensive" they have given a lot of information to someone who has tasted Archery Summit. No descriptions of exotic mushrooms, cherries picked at the stroke of midnight on a summers eve, or even sweaty leather. But the result is the same.

Don't be afraid to try and communicate with a wine steward or retailer. They can often guide you to excellent values and exotic wines that are easy to ignore.

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