It's true; I really do love wine and food from Italy,
France, Germany, and other countries as well. And who among
us can reject a bargain? But I also hate wine and oh so
many aspects of the wine scene. Let me explain my top ten
reasons for this love-hate relationship. My previous
articles discussed the unconscionable expense, the
embarrassing lack of knowledge, no wine cellar, I can't get
the ... bottle opened, insomnia, food problems, and wine
snobs. This article discusses the smells and tastes of
wine.
After more than two years of fairly intensive wine tasting
both in and out of the classroom, I am now able to decree
more than just a floral nose when facing a white wine. And
I no longer am limited to describing a red wine as fruity.
I can taste the earth in a Pinot Noir, especially when I
know that it's a Pinot Noir. And even more so when my glass
is dirty. When it comes to tasting wine, you may have heard
that there are no right answers. Like hell there are no
right answers, sometimes I just can't find them. Nobody in
their right mind would want to drink something that smells
like gasoline, or would they? Yes, I know about Rieslings.
At each and every wine tasting I almost hope that I'll be
served a white wine smelling of gasoline. I'll be able to
identify it as such right off the bat. What about cat pee?
Who would ever want to drink such a concoction? And yet
some Sauvignon Blancs...
I just got a great idea for a new grape variety; let's
create an offspring of these two stalwarts. We'll introduce
Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc to each other, get them a
private dining room in a top of the line restaurant, and
nine months or more likely several years later we will have
a wine that combines the gustatory qualities of gasoline
and cat pee. With my luck the issue of such a rendez-vous
would probably be, floral.
On the other hand, we can look on the positive side. I
never liked green pepper in my wine. Lo and behold, most
reviewers and fellow wine lovers seem to share my feelings.
So there still is hope. Here are the other reasons that I
hate wine, to be explored shortly: Those colors, Home brew,
One more problem and yes, The Solution.
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Levi Reiss has authored or co-authored ten books on
computers and the Internet, but between you and me, he
prefers drinking fine German or other wine, accompanied by
the right foods and the right people. He teaches classes in
computers at an Ontario French-language community college.
Check out his global wine website is
http://www.theworldwidewine.com with a new weekly column
reviewing $10 wines.
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