This wine is ethereal

That last post was a bit heavy... sort of chewy, with firm tannins, complex structure, and a lingering finish. The next posts I have planned are similar, so in the meantime why not something a bit more refreshing? Something light, clear, perhaps slightly sweet, and lively in the mouth. (A real wine person said that last one to me once. No joke.)

If you know me, then you know that I enjoy wine, and that it has a tendency to make me philosophical. I also encourage people to describe wines by just saying whatever comes into their heads, not trying to sound like a professional but making things up because that's what the professionals do - except they know what they mean while we think they sound like pretentious assholes. To help in the effort of describing wines, the internet has come to our rescue with a list of wine tasting terms and a more fancy set of wine descriptions. (There are probably thousands more pages but these will do!)

So the next time you are drinking wine, pull out your wine dictionary for a way to put your tasting experience into words. And then make things up! You could call that organic Pinotage from South Africa "earthy," or you could say it tastes like dirt. Congratulations, you sound like a pretentious asshole!

(Full disclosure: I did this exact thing at a wine tasting once, and probably sounded like a (very drunk) pretentious asshole.)

Once you have your wine descriptions set, you can brush up on your philosophical terms for the next time we drink and I inevitably try to be profound.