Re:The wine tasting event: Distinguishing reds from whites (...
by dbish on Saturday February 19, 2022 @11:20AM
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I thought that as well but my friends and I have done this a few times and most people can’t once you standardize temperature and move away from any desert wines (not a large sample size of course). Try it yourself and make sure not to let anything else get in the way (double blind where possible, all other factors exactly the same). I’ll also note that I’m not a complete noob, the group was in Napa on a wine tasting when we did this and most of us like wine and have done enough tasting and touring to know a little, maybe our pallets aren’t great, none of us are sommeliers or anywhere close :)
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Re:The wine tasting event: Distinguishing reds from whites (...
by calchris42 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @11:34AM
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Was wondering how much temperature matters, and thinking probably a lot. Do I even know what room temperature white wine tastes like? Not really.
Re:The wine tasting event: Distinguishing reds from whites (...
by niek_pas on Saturday February 19, 2022 @12:16PM
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Usually, it tastes pretty bad.
Oh, and I’d recommend chilling your reds in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes before drinking. I often find true room-temperature reds to be on the warm side. I had a particularly bad experience with a “room-temperature” wine at a restaurant in Turin that had been sitting in the 35C heat…