Different Tongues - Power of Suggestion

[Thomas]

If I write my deepest feelings about wine competitions WC will throw me outta here. Suffice to say, Randy makes good points, and points I hate to say that often prove why some of the wines winning top Golds either don't taste the same from the shelf, or aren't the same.

Having said that, I disagree, Randy, that taste on the palate is all -- it is, with regard to food, no doubt. But aroma is part of taste. Again, you can't taste something, truly, if you can't smell it. Or put another way, if it has no smell, the taste is likely weak.

As for swirling, I often catch myself swirling a cup of coffee or juice or water. Habit, what! But I haven't taken to sniffing ever liquid in my glass, at least not in public.