I just watched David Mac’s vid once more, this time with peewee (darling daughter) and he inspired me to put this post out that has been marinating in my brain the past week. I have several topics including the “attack” bit, taking “no-wine-over-$20” too far, and whatever else spills forth.
Taste enough wine, read enough tasting notes and you will come across something like “on the attack the wine showed forward fruit with firm grip”. What up with “the attack”? Never got this. Makes me think the taster plays alot of chess. Tasting wine requires a field of reference. If you are a competitive chess player when you choose to go on the attack is very important, downright strategic. I guess a real chess-playing, wine-taster would also have a place for putting the other tasters in mate. The ultimate move might be saying something so cool and sufficiently summative the other tasters simply tilt their collective kings. (more…)