Le Cadeau Merci Pinot measures up

originally posted by MarkS:
How does this even work? Everything these days is tied to upc's and barcodes or some other way that item gets distinguished from all others in their inventory, otherwise, how does the store itself keep tabs on what they have. Is this even legal?
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Ah, then, you, too, are unfamiliar with irony?
 
In the neighboorhood we have a centre for training of the blind. And for general social interaction of people in this situation. For a period of some years I used to conduct wine tasting courses and exercises as part of the general social programs of this institution. Always an extremely interesting experience that made me wonder about what goes on when tasting wines without the preconceptions of sight and wine knowledge. Don't ask me about any comclusions but it was always extremely interesting. And very fun.
 
originally posted by Odd Rydland:
In the neighboorhood we have a centre for training of the blind. And for general social interaction of people in this situation. For a period of some years I used to conduct wine tasting courses and exercises as part of the general social programs of this institution. Always an extremely interesting experience that made me wonder about what goes on when tasting wines without the preconceptions of sight and wine knowledge. Don't ask me about any comclusions but it was always extremely interesting. And very fun.
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My first thought - I wonder if the “heightened other senses” theory applies.
Super tasters all.
Best, jim
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
You guys have it wrong...I only drink wines blind. And not just blind tastings from time to time, but even at home. When it's time to pull a wine for dinner, I always ask Chelsea to pick the wine and pour it without me knowing what it is. And she never reveals the wine to me, even after we have finished the bottle. This is the only way I can really appreciate wine. And this approach has now extended to my wine buying as well. I just ask my local retailer to put together a case of wines that have a common bottle shape, so I don't accidentally guess the region, and to cover all the bottles with foil before I pick them up. I always request a receipt that doesn't say what the wines are - it just has a dollar amount in the total. By the way, this makes maintaining your cellar inventory incredibly simple.
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I basically follow this same approach, only to make absolutely sure I will appreciate the wine, I have each bottle marked with a label reading "100 points."
 
originally posted by Zachary Ross:
I basically follow this same approach, only to make absolutely sure I will appreciate the wine, I have each bottle marked with a label reading "100 points."
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That seems so... easy. Why not label them all "87-88+" ?

Double-decant the wines *not* back into their original bottles.

Apply a yellow-stickie to each one that says, "Caucasus trip".

And don't forget to festoon half the bottles with magnets.
 
‘Festoon’ - what a great word.
As I remember, that word came up often in the prong system of wine evaluation.
A truly unbiased method of assessment. Perhaps, even unintelligible.
Best, jim
 
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