A friend just called me his gold standard of history books.
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And a day after I posted that tweetâŠthey finally did it.
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They didnât try hard to fool the wine expert, but they donât try hard to fool any of the experts.
Even so, I am actually impressed with those real world wine skills just like the manga.
Having been to a lot of fancy wine tastings, some of which included blind demonstrations/competitions, I remember what one really good sommelier said during one.
Paraphrasing:
"You can train yourself to pick out every aspect of a wine. It will sound like magic to your friends, and youâll understand wine better than anyone you know.
And it will ruin wine for you. Youâll never enjoy it again. Every flaw, every shortcut, will be so obvious that you canât believe you ever drank that swill before. Youâll prefer more and more expensive wine until what you prefer no longer exists."
He went on for a while. It was funny, and he was playing it up for laughs, but I donât think he was joking.
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This lady seems to fucking love wine.
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Iâm like that, but with paintball equipment.
After the bread one, this is only the second price points video Iâve turned off before the end. We got six minutes in and had only be told one difference between the cheap and expensive wines, and the rest was taken up by someone showing off general wine stuff. Iâm not interested in that.
Thatâs where Iâm doubtful because more expensive wine (or alcohol in general) doesnât mean itâs going to taste better. Older wine styles at most will just be more complex. What Iâve found that turns people off about judging or award-winning brands of alcohol is that greatness is going to be given more so on technicality if it fits criteria of a particular style. Itâs a whole new level of subjectivity even more beyond other episodes of Price Points.
The thing thatâs most dubious about any kind of judging is that as a consumer, youâll never be in a truly blind environment where youâll try a product without having some sort of suggestion. The label, the brand, the company, the year, and product description is going to give you some indicator.
Even in the video she covers Sparkling, Red, White, RosĂ© and Port. Thatâs as generic as you can treat wine without going into the hundreds of wine types. Then multiply that by the hundreds of wine brands that come from unique locations (something the woman in the video points out can affect the aroma/taste) with different vintages. Unless the wine world isnât exciting enough with innovation compared to Beer or Spirits, then I donât think you could get bored with wine unless you just lose the taste for it.
I thought I done seen some bullshit and thenâŠ
Almost sounds like a Schoolman.
Iâm still trying to figure out why Sonic the Hedgehog needs a car.
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Sane reason I need a necklace. Show of that I have a necklace and that I think it looks good.
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I love that David Hayter loves two things: Being Solid/Naked Snake, and saying incredibly dumb things in their voices.
Of course, someone has already made something with it -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8S6hhtzF3Y
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Ghost ride the whip at Mach 1.