We're living through the de-evolution of written language: from meaningless letters that form words and sentences back to meaningful pictograms that anyone can understand. This is a tough development for writers, but I'm trying to stay ahead of the curve.
So here we are: the first wine reviews written solely in emoji. I have chosen cru Beaujolais for this experiment because the best quality of a great Beaujolais is delight. Or, better expressed, Beaujolais π·πππ½ππππ€π.
Guy Breton RΓ©gniΓ© 2014 ($26) 12% alcohol
Imported by Kermit Lynch
π♀️πππΆ❄️π½π₯π₯ππ♂️91
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G. Descombes Morgon 2015 ($20) 13%
Louis/Dressner Selections
πππΏ♀️π
πΆππππ¦π©π»91
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Christophe Pacalet Chenas 2015 ($18) 14%
Imported by Winebow
ππππΏ♀️π€Ό♂️πππ€π91
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Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu "La Croix des Rameaux" Brouilly 2014 ($30) 13%
Imported by Vinergie Vins de France
πππ΅ππππΌπΆ92
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-Γ-Vent 2013 ($21) 13%
A Louis Jadot wine, imported by Kobrand
⛅️πππΌ♀️π89
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Julien Sunier Fleurie 2015 ($30) 13.5%
Imported by Polaner Selections
ππ―πππΉπ¨π»π87
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Don't think I'm kidding: I took a lot longer translating my raw tasting notes into published form on these wines than I usually do. πππ
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
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5 comments:
So one is good when drinking with Santa while watching multiple clocks, and another is best when dining on goats at your candlelight campsite.
One is good with a woman in jail, while another compels women to dance.
Ah, one has a double dose of mega purple that makes you want to wrestle.
And that first one is for bro-snowflakes whose "friends" avoid them like the plague.
Thanks. This clears up all the confusion.
My pleasure!
Something I discovered from doing this: I wanted to use universal emojis so that you would see what I chose. If I used a kumquat emoji, for example, that I lifted from the Internet, your phone or computer might not display it correctly if we are using different operating systems.
What that meant was that I had a lot fewer fruits to choose from. Is that a bad thing? This might actually be a positive evolution in tasting notes. There were many writing restrictions in doing this -- mouthfeel was very difficult to express -- but aren't you glad to see a bunch of wine reviews with no black raspberry, red currant or gooseberry?
Pretty brilliant.
Wait . . . what ‽ [*]
". . . wine reviews with no black raspberry, red currant . . ."
Aren't those represented by this symbol?: π
[*Speaking of symbols and punctuation marks, see what I did there? It's called an interrobang. Look it up.]
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