JEP ) wrote:
(David C Breeden) wrote in message >...
>> JEP ) wrote:
>> >Dave > wrote in message >. ..
>> >>> By the way, for those who haven't tried this yet here is a great
>> >> experiment.
>> >> Go to a local restaurant with a good "by the glass" wine list. $7 to
>> >> $10 a glass. Tell the bartender to pour 4 glasses. 3 different
>> >> varitals, but duplicate one of them. So here you sit with 4 glasses of
>> >> wine. Try to find the 2 that are the same. It is REALLY hard because
>> >> they ALL taste the same.
>> >> What a shame.
>> >>
>>
>>
>> Ah, but you're not giving yourself a challenge! Try it with a group
>> of Bordeaux varities, like a merlot, a cab franc, and a cab sauv.
>> Or to make the original poster's point, 3 cab sauvs.
>>

>But he said three different "varitals", I took it as varietals. Pinot,
>Cab., Syrah. Three different varietals. Maybe I misunderstood ?

>Sure you go to a place and order three Cabernets it may be hard to
>distinguish. There is a good chance that all three will be similar
>blends using the same wine making techniques, etc, bought my the same
>guy because they are the same, what he likes.


>There is also a lot of wine being "Parkerized". Made in a similar
>style because it is more likely to score bigger points with the wine
>critics.


>Andy


Yeah, but there are varietals and then there are varietals. If
someone makes a pinot which can't be distinguished from one of the
bordeaux varietals, then they've made a bad pinot.

The better trick is to pick out the same wine from three similar
vaietals.

Dave
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