Hello everyone,

I'm new to this n/g and I hope you'll favor me with your opinions.

Here is a question, which some of you may have seen asked here befo
what wines would you recommend for a 'color blind' tasting?

The intent here is not to try to 'fool the expert', but rather to jar
some novice oenophiles into thinking (tasting) outside of their
comfort zone. (Perhaps you've met Mr. 'I only drink Cabernet' or Miss
'I don't like red wine.')

Consider this game for beginning a wine tasting party where several of
the guests may have little exposure to dry reds. Each guest will be
offered a small covered opaque cup containing wine. The game commences
and all are encouraged to close their eyes, remove the cover, and
drink the contents. Discuss what you taste: what words would you use
to describe it, here are some suggestions (handouts with scoring
pointers offered, etc.)

Now, a show of hands: was the wine you drank red? white?

More discussion. . . now, look at the underside of your cup: an 'x'
is red, an 'o' is white.

The point: regardless of color, wines are interesting, intriguing, and
delicious, so perhaps you may want to reconsider your ideas about
color preference.

Then, it's on to the 1st flight . . .

(the inspiration for this game comes from John Cleese)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466506/

Here's the question: what white and/or red wine would you offer in
this scenario?

Thanks,

-d00b
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For a white, I suggest a Chenin Blanc from the Loire. For example a
Savennieres with four or five years on it. Baumard Clos du Papillon or Clos
St. Yves are good choices that should be quite available, depending on
where you live.

For the reds I would go with something fruity with not much tannin. A
Morgon (a Cru Beaujolais) could do quite well, as would a Saint Amour (even
less tannin from another Cru Beaujolais).

s.

"Doobie Keebler" > wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to this n/g and I hope you'll favor me with your opinions.
>
> Here is a question, which some of you may have seen asked here befo
> what wines would you recommend for a 'color blind' tasting?
>
> The intent here is not to try to 'fool the expert', but rather to jar
> some novice oenophiles into thinking (tasting) outside of their
> comfort zone. (Perhaps you've met Mr. 'I only drink Cabernet' or Miss
> 'I don't like red wine.')
>
> Consider this game for beginning a wine tasting party where several of
> the guests may have little exposure to dry reds. Each guest will be
> offered a small covered opaque cup containing wine. The game commences
> and all are encouraged to close their eyes, remove the cover, and
> drink the contents. Discuss what you taste: what words would you use
> to describe it, here are some suggestions (handouts with scoring
> pointers offered, etc.)
>
> Now, a show of hands: was the wine you drank red? white?
>
> More discussion. . . now, look at the underside of your cup: an 'x'
> is red, an 'o' is white.
>
> The point: regardless of color, wines are interesting, intriguing, and
> delicious, so perhaps you may want to reconsider your ideas about
> color preference.
>
> Then, it's on to the 1st flight . . .
>
> (the inspiration for this game comes from John Cleese)
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466506/
>
> Here's the question: what white and/or red wine would you offer in
> this scenario?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -d00b
> .
> .
I am reminded of a TV programme some years ago (Royal Institution Christmas
Lectures) on the BBC where sensation was being discussed. A wine guru (I
think it was Christopher Broadbent) was give a galls of red wine to
evaluate. He correctly identified is a Bordeuax, got the region and I thin
also the year. Very impressive.

He was then given another glass of red. He got nowhere with it - ended up by
saying that whatever it was it was not very good. In fact it was a high
class Chablis into which some taste-free red dye had been added.

So, to be good with wine tasting you need to access the right memory
database!

Gordon

On Feb 24, 6:08*am, "Gordon MacPherson"
> wrote:
> In fact it was a high class Chablis into which some
> taste-free red dye had been added.

That's very sneaky . . . I love it!

> So, to be good with wine tasting you need to access the right memory
> database!

Thanks, I see that makes a lot of sense.

Associative recognition and recall depend on structures in the medial
temporal lobes. There is disagreement about whether associative memory
is functionally heterogeneous or functionally distinct from intra-item
associative memory, but one view postulates that associative memories
differ in the degree to which their informational components converge.

Having said *that, our challenge this Saturday evening will be to get
the "I don't like red wine" spouses distributed within a population of
eight couples to at least try a sip of red wine. We're offering a
three by two horizontal of shiraz, each flight a different vintage,
(i.e. Paul Jaboulet 2005 x Jacob's Creek 2005 and etc) using the 'fun
and not too serious' format.

A playful ruse that gently 'bops' people on the noggin to get them
thinking 'outside the box' is really all this 'blind tasting' gimmick
is about.


..d00b

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*footnote: http://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive...613(07)00024-1