Learn to taste wine

A grape cluster, the fruit behind wine.

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A sequence from grape and fermentation through acidity and tannin to a tasting method, without scoring theater.

Taste physics before poetry. Tannin is astringency — saliva proteins, not a flavor adjective ¹. Geography after the path: Napa Valley, Sonoma County. Cheese is a useful next door, not a pairing commandment: Tasting cheese.

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P. A. Smith, J. M. McRae, K. A. Bindon. Impact of winemaking practices on the concentration and composition of tannins in red wine. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research. 2015. DOI 10.1111/ajgw.12188 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajgw.12188

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