Wine can be a pretty stuffy topic. Historically, it's been dominated by old men tasting wine in wood-panelled libraries, speaking with a little Locust Valley lockjaw (if you know what I mean, Lovey).
The fact that the people responsible for tasting wine, and writing reviews seem intent on confusing their audience continues to amaze me! I mean, let's call 'em like we see them, and stop using the most annoying words in wine writing!
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I Can Deal With It
Very Annoying
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" Over-tones of oak,", he pasued tasted it again and said ," American oak."
a leetle disclosure, i am a beer fiend in a wine world and occasionaly do mock the wineys. My son probably got that comment from me.....
Thanks for all the comments. I really had fun writing this and like the words I've chosen here I hope we don't take what I've written too seriously. I've used most of the words at least once, and in all truth the broad vocabulary of wine is part of the fun!
That for me is what it's all about though, having fun. I love drinking wine, talking about wine, even arguing about wine, but in the end if ti wasn't fun, well I'd be elsewhere. So have some fun on me. I followed up this piece with some commentary on the words I regularly abuse, and just published an article today on my favorite types of wine lovers and geeks!
BTW...anyone know where I might get a jug of Boone's Farm Apple? Vintage 67 or 68?