Passionate Arboisphile
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:05 am
Northern California
FLDG Dishwasher
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm
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Jenise wrote:The quiet part: sorry, but euuuwwwwwwwwww. I would not come to your tasting. Talking about the wines is the best part! This isn't a test, it's a chance to learn from other people's reactions to each wine, especially the more experienced people in the group. To shut them up is to gag your best resource for learning--don't even think of it.
FLDG Dishwasher
31835
Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
FLDG Dishwasher
31835
Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
I'd say that in most quasi-serious groups, and in all the professionally oriented groups, I've tasted with, the protocol has been to taste first without comments, then engage in serious and animated discussion afterwards. Doesn't lessen the discussion, mind you; it simply allows an invidivual to form his/her own opinions without being influenced by someone else.
Jenise wrote:Oliver, we'll just have to disagree. A professional tasting or classroom sitution is one thing, but learning about wine with friends is another. What you call "influence" is what I'd call information, especially when a wine is corked, closed or otherwise just too young. People with more experience can taste--and speak to--a wine's potential that a neophyte would reject for not being "smooth" enough.
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