Stuart Pigott on Why _I_ hate most wine...

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Now I would have used Rene Russo as in the following example from OUR manifesto:

The Zen of Shibui...
While reading Bravo (a VERY highbrow Brazilian culture magazine that weighs in on conceptual art, modern dance and avant garde classical music but also finds the music of Prince and Morphine worthy of mention), we found a wonderful article by the linguistics columnist praising the English language (and encouraging Lusophones to follow suit) for its ability to assimilate words from other languages that express precise concepts with no English equivalent.

Examples he thought would be useful for brazilians included Drachenfutter (German for a guilt gift that an adulterous husband buys his wife, sprechen sie Deutsch, Kobe?), Mokita (from New Guinea, signifying a truth that everyone knows but no one has the courage to say) and, most especially in a land replete with exuberantly youthful beauties, Shibui (the Japanese word for that deep beauty that can only come from age and experience: the patina on a fine wooden table, Rene Russo being ten times sexier than Brittany Spears or......an aged bottle of wine).

The literal translation carries the meaning of the puckery and astringent qualities of the green persimmon. This meaning is symbolic and carries the idea of something not sweet in nature but rather one that is reserved, elegant, multidimensional and somberly austere in its effect, leaving the consumer in a state of contemplation and gratitude....

Thirteen days till Rio, Roberto