Where Does Wine Come From?



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Where Does Wine Come From?











2 responses

  1. Hi Mike,nice article. I guess when analyzing anything ‘sensorially’it is necessary to separate the industrial segment from the niche segment. I lived in Switzerland for a couple of years and was amazed to discover the subtle differences in milk/cream products in places like Gruyere, Appenzell, Emmental; no doubt due to the grass grown in the pastures and breed of cow. The cheeses were a lot more obvious of course.
    Maybe wine is a lot more like cheese than we care to admit

  2. A fun piece, Mike, but because it’s a short article, you didn’t have room to explore other dimensions of “where does wine come from?”
    It also comes from the idea in some people’s heads that fermented grape juice complements a meal, and the idea that it helps people relax. As Ogden Nash wrote, “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” There’s also a lie that affects some people interested in wine: the idea that you’ll impress a lot of people worth impressing if you know about wine.” (Think about the individuals you’d actually like to impress. If you can’t count them on your fingers, you have problems wine won’t cure.)
    Another idea that influences wine is how some heads of wineries decide what their wine is worth. If they come up with a price without asking, “To whom is it worth what?” they deserve their future.
    In short, like sex, one of the most important things about wine is between people’s ears.
    There are other aspects as well. If you live in Canada, where cornstarch until recently was considered a spice, what you seek in a wine will likely be different from someone who lives in a spicy food household (I speak as a Canadian who enjoys Mexican, Malaysian,Indonesian, Sichuan, Indian, Thai and other spicy foods).
    There are a lot of ways to answer “where does wine come from?” One of my favorites is from a Chicago housewife who said, “from the store run by the thief who charges too much for it.”

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