tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post5885782411021954140..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: When tasting notes are badW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-79518038343883563082013-03-04T10:22:34.400-08:002013-03-04T10:22:34.400-08:00I have to admit, that when tasting with other peop...I have to admit, that when tasting with other people, it's fun to talk about the flavors; what kind of cherry it reminds you of, or what the smell is like (say, wet leaves in the forest), but I've never understood the need of people to write about what I'm going to taste, or that people would want to be told what they will be tasting. I want to know about the winery, the people, and Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947624477553194151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-66475061363553244342013-01-07T10:03:50.387-08:002013-01-07T10:03:50.387-08:00I can walk into any of the stores you mentioned in...I can walk into any of the stores you mentioned in SF and get a good laugh. I like to stand right in the middle of the counter and do it.....and then ask for coffee pleez! Cracks me up!Creatureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865765371692365460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-57992890030973741402013-01-07T09:28:26.891-08:002013-01-07T09:28:26.891-08:00Seriously, Louis? That's excellent. I'd lo...Seriously, Louis? That's excellent. I'd love to see consumers blind-tested on which tasting notes were more relevant for them: major magazines' critics, or Siri's.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-86902911834990164502013-01-07T08:55:00.452-08:002013-01-07T08:55:00.452-08:00I actually have Siri just randomly generate all my...I actually have Siri just randomly generate all my tasting notes from an database of terms like "tour de force" and "elegant". She's getting pretty good. Louis Callihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827175661838636899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-27064478658334069842013-01-05T10:54:19.663-08:002013-01-05T10:54:19.663-08:00I have to say that I kind of agree with Mr. Asimov...I have to say that I kind of agree with Mr. Asimov on this one, to an extent. Though sometimes, when given by trustworthy person, tasting notes can be a helpful thing. But even then I often find that the notes only send me off expecting something in a wine that I usually never find. A wine may have eucalyptus,currant and whatever in it. But even if those are desirable things the wine is only as Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114286100292143871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-83602946001120592452013-01-05T05:16:32.262-08:002013-01-05T05:16:32.262-08:00"Coffee hasn’t built its own nomenclature and..."Coffee hasn’t built its own nomenclature and really should not be borrowing from fruit based products like wine" *sigh* coffee beans are the seeds of a fruit tree. Coffee has fruity flavours for a reason. IT'S FRUIT. <br /><br />That said - it does have to be asked - could coffee benefit from a set of descriptors like the WSET ones for wine? The whole problem with more ethereal hazchemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448228901536711490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-55924835537300725892013-01-04T13:09:48.578-08:002013-01-04T13:09:48.578-08:00Actually, coffee does have an established tasting ...Actually, coffee does have an established tasting vocabulary, very like wine. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cupping" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cupping</a>.Meg Houston Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532496589092025526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-84098684416877679072013-01-04T11:59:41.189-08:002013-01-04T11:59:41.189-08:00Coffee hasn’t built its own nomenclature and reall...Coffee hasn’t built its own nomenclature and really should not be borrowing from fruit based products like wine. I agree the idea of a cooked peach like coffee would drive me screaming from the shop. As to wine notes, I think the drive to creativity has gone way too far, a word generator could write many wine reviews. I just want to know what it has and will I like it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-9776906687065783412013-01-04T10:45:33.223-08:002013-01-04T10:45:33.223-08:00It's all about conditioning, though, isn't...It's all about conditioning, though, isn't it? Wine marketers have been too successful, and wine as a thing in society still means more than wine as a beverage to many people. One could argue that the spread of "tasting note-itis" signifies an opening up of rarified wine into the larger culture, albeit the rather rarefied part of that "general" usually meant when Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764344760794477707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-84172553161814772382013-01-04T09:59:00.976-08:002013-01-04T09:59:00.976-08:00And then there is this style...
Tasting Notes: Wa...And then there is this style...<br /><br />Tasting Notes: Wanton red. Transcendental aromas of cigar box, wild rose-hip jam, fresh cranberry, savory and Five spice arouse the senses. Spend some quality time with this bouquet before the first sip reveals a sinewy texture that ripples across the palate revealing voluptuous tart red berries and coriander supported by whole-cluster stem tannins and Amalie Robert Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581258604443446976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-10195567146245252612013-01-04T09:58:10.896-08:002013-01-04T09:58:10.896-08:00And then there is this style...
Tasting Notes: Wa...And then there is this style...<br /><br />Tasting Notes: Wanton red. Transcendental aromas of cigar box, wild rose-hip jam, fresh cranberry, savory and Five spice arouse the senses. Spend some quality time with this bouquet before the first sip reveals a sinewy texture that ripples across the palate revealing voluptuous tart red berries and coriander supported by whole-cluster stem tannins and Amalie Robert Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581258604443446976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-4473426159248067192013-01-04T09:51:15.445-08:002013-01-04T09:51:15.445-08:00Nice post. The worst tasting notes are those that ...Nice post. The worst tasting notes are those that rack up irrelevant-sounding descriptors like the ones you mention, and I think you & Asimov are right to home in on that as a problem. The solution is to write with a bit of wisdom, which means including some discussion of how the wine at hand fits (or doesn't) into its intended slot in the wine world. Such notes indeed benefit Patrick Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144823620170293402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-74388884857229918652013-01-04T07:57:59.938-08:002013-01-04T07:57:59.938-08:00I hear you on the coffee notes. I home roast and b...I hear you on the coffee notes. I home roast and buy my green beans from Sweet Marias (highly recommended). Their bags come with tasting notes that are *almost* always off the wall as far as what I can detectrapopodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413215670441671568noreply@blogger.com