Oaky, With Notes Of BS: Why Wine Tasting Struggles To Get It On The Nose

Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/10/522748035/oaky-with-notes-of-bs-why-wine-tasting-struggles-to-get-it-on-the-nose?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it’s all about tiny differences in taste and smell. The danger is in getting too poetic.

(Image credit: Charles O’Rear/Getty Images)

…

Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/10/522748035/oaky-with-notes-of-bs-why-wine-tasting-struggles-to-get-it-on-the-nose?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it’s all about tiny differences in taste and smell. The danger is in getting too poetic.

(Image credit: Charles O’Rear/Getty Images)

…

What Do You Think?

comments

Translate »