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Article: The art of wine tasting.(Tonight Broadsheet)
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- The Independent on Saturday (South Africa)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2009
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WINE tasting is an art, although many say it is a science. Not for me though; it is a pleasure I indulge in as often as possible. It involves a sensory evaluation of a living organism that is very rarely replicated from bottle to bottle.
My Experience KZN Pinotage 2006 is a classic example. Every time I open a bottle of that wine it is different to the last one. Sometimes it has mocha and black cherry on the nose and a smokey barnyard flavour, while other times it is black fruits on the nose and a hint of chocolate on the palate.
So many people say to me they simply cannot pick up flavours on the nose or on taste other than wine, in my opinion it is ...