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Do you want a Safe, Surprising, or Challenging wine?
Ben Thompson of Stratechery has an interesting observation about Twitter and Instagram. Twitter is a lean-forward experience where you pay attention to the points and want to engage with the conversation. Instagram is a lean-back experience, a TV substitute, for when you just want entertainment. Wine can be both a lean-forward and lean-back product. The canonical “Tuesday” wine is a lean-back product. It’s background music to your meal. It’s not supposed to be challenging or memorable. It’s just supposed to be delicious or at the very least not detract from... Read more...
Taste As Shapes
When I taste wines, I think of shapes. Simple shapes like rectangles and circles. Some wines are thin narrow vertical rectangles, some are big bold squares, some are smaller circles with an almost fuzzy edge. A well made cold weather pinot noir feels focused and almost sharp whereas a more entry level warm weather pinot noir can feel broader and more oval. An unoaked chardonnay usually feels thinner and more delicate than an oaked one. A Cabernet Sauvignon is usually bolder than a Pinot Noir. An expensive wine, regardless of... Read more...