Re:Science saved me from pretending to love wine
by shpx on Sunday October 01, 2017 @05:09PM
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A group of 54 oenology (study of wine) students could somehow taste a difference between a white wine and the same white wine dyed red.
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/the_most_infamo...
Re:Science saved me from pretending to love wine
by seattle_spring on Sunday October 01, 2017 @04:37PM
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> I wouldn't be able to tell much difference between two red grapes or two whites. . I'm a bit cynical about other's ability to do so as well
Are you also cynical about other's ability to tell apart Dr Pepper from Coca Cola? Or Black tea from coffee? Because they're a lot more similar than many wine variations.
Re:Science saved me from pretending to love wine
by lordnacho on Sunday October 01, 2017 @06:03PM
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I don't think I've come across anyone who's considered themselves a soft drink connoisseur before, so what is there to be cynical about? Plenty of people will tell you they're into wines, and they will give you accounts of the growing seasons in particular years and places.
Re:Science saved me from pretending to love wine
by pscarey on Sunday October 01, 2017 @08:19PM
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Go along to a wine tasting if you want to see the difference. It's much easier to notice and appreciate flavours side by side than with different meals. I'm not a massive wine drinker, but I really enjoyed several tastings in NZ, and could clearly tell the difference between the wines.
I'm also fairly sure that if they weren't labelled differently, I wouldn't be able to tell much difference between two red grapes or two whites. I'm a bit cynical about other's ability to do so as well, but politeness prevents me from expressing it. Sometimes it's good to have something to talk about, so you let the group's wine connoisseur go on about the provenance of whatever you're drinking.