Posts Tagged ‘discovering wine’
Can We Taste Minerality In Wine?
When taking the first nip of a new glass of wine one almost instantly tries to figure out which flavors and aromas we are tasting. It is often almost impossible not to do so. It just happens. It looks as if our senses and brain are programmed that way. So when for example we sip…
Read MoreDoes Authentic Wine Exist?
One of the great marketing promises, especially in selling fine wine, is the claim of authenticity. The idea that a certain wine still is fully in accordance with the original nature and quality of the wine in question. The suggestion is then, that the wines are something like ‘identical’. So being made from grapes which…
Read MoreCan Wine Be Balanced?
As wine enthousiast we all once in a while read just another wine review and come along one of those typical qualifications like a balanced wine. And of course, we immediately think to understand what the idea behind this specification is. In a balanced wine all components of the wine are harmonious, complementing and well…
Read MoreCan Wine Have ‘Body’?
Wine tasters use a large arsenal of terms to express what they taste. One of those that are used with pleasure is the term ‘body’. But what is wine with body? Technically body means ‘having a physical structure’. So if we ask ‘Can wine have body?’, the answer will definitely be: of course, it has,…
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