Hit a wine tasting last week. Its been awhile. The last time, i was a panelist! This one was organized by Adventure & Leisure (A&L), a company that deals in all sorts of cool outdoor gear, like the Igloo coolers featured here, as well as wines and ports. Adventure & booze: My two favourite things. [...]
I guess even the experts cant agree when it comes to the complicated drink of wine (mostly man-made complications). I wrote recently about my very intoxicating experience at a blind-tasting session. Thing is, u arent supposed to get intoxicated at a tasting. A researcher has found that wine judges cant really tell what they’re tasting. [...]
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Flavours magazine asked if i wanted to be a judge in a wine-tasting panel. This is what’s known as a hypothetical question, cos it dont require an answer. This session was pretty specific – a blind-tasting focused on wines below $80 (retail). BTW blind-tasting dont mean u get blindfolded. So at 2pm a few days [...]
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