Different Tongues - Power of Suggestion

[Jerry D Mead]

Well, it's the nose that gets them considered...but THEN they have to taste good and be balanced too or they get eliminated during the tasting portion.

Wines which smell more or less neutral still get tasted and considered...but if the smell really bad I mark them with my own special code...DNPIM (do not place in mouth). And every time my nose tells me something is truly that bad and I go ahead and taste it to give the wine every possible chance...I never fail to regret it.

Bad smelling wine cannot taste good.

And at our show, at least, the Aussies do o.k. but sure don't steal the show.

Our judges a pretty well balanced an open to a wide variety of style...we gave golds to champagnes from both North Carolina and Mass. this years...and Gruet from New Mexico often does well. Our champion rose has had a Cucamonga Valley appellation for three years in a row...with two different producers.

We actually gave our sweepstakes to a Missouri Vignoles one year.

JDM