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- jv38 - 07-14-2003
I keep reading in different Wine Boards about "Verticals" I'm not clear exactly what that means.
The way I understand it is either tasting of different vintage of the same wine, or different wines of the same vintage (or varietal).
- Bucko - 07-14-2003
An example of a vertical is the 1982-2000 Chateau Lynch Bages.
An example of a horizontal is 12 different Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons from 1978.
- Thomas - 07-14-2003
Yeah, vertical takes you down the line of vintage years--horizontal goes across one vintage. It's a matter of visualizing, I suppose, and you can intermingle verticle tastings with horizontals; try visualizing that!
- Skeeter - 07-15-2003
I think Foodie just inevted the "diagonal" tasting... altough if you tatste enough, you'd probably end up with a nice sine wave, or something... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]