http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/wine-reviews/wine-review-2001-boundary-te-awa-farms/ It’s a wine blog. It’s a hiking blog. Yes! It’s a winehiking blog. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/wine-reviews/wine-review-2001-boundary-te-awa-farms/#comment-1393 winehiker Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/?p=332#comment-1393 A friend and I both tried this wine, and both of us made similar and immediate remarks about it -- dusty, dirty, mushroomy, woody, earthy. While tastebud physiology can surely account for some differences in palates -- regional or otherwise -- it's also possible that my particular bottle came from a different barrel or tank than the bottle from which the glowing shelf-talkers were spawned. Of course, the copywriters that wrote those descriptions were paid to write that stuff, and I (and you too, I'm sure) merely do it for the pure unadulterated love of wine -- or the pure occasional <i>BLECCHH!!</i> of it. Thank you for writing, Jessie Jane. A friend and I both tried this wine, and both of us made similar and immediate remarks about it — dusty, dirty, mushroomy, woody, earthy. While tastebud physiology can surely account for some differences in palates — regional or otherwise — it’s also possible that my particular bottle came from a different barrel or tank than the bottle from which the glowing shelf-talkers were spawned. Of course, the copywriters that wrote those descriptions were paid to write that stuff, and I (and you too, I’m sure) merely do it for the pure unadulterated love of wine — or the pure occasional BLECCHH!! of it. Thank you for writing, Jessie Jane.

]]> http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/wine-reviews/wine-review-2001-boundary-te-awa-farms/#comment-1383 Jessie Jane Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:25:57 +0000 http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/?p=332#comment-1383 This is a great of example of either poorly written shelf-talkers or of the differing physiology of tastebuds! I haven't tried this one myself, so I can't speak to the descriptions you've posted, but I can certainly relate to that disappointment of a wine that doesn't quite live up to anything I've read about it. I wonder if you find yourself particularly sensitive to that earthiness that you so immediately recognized? It wouldn't surprise me if your tongue is just that good at picking it up. This is a great of example of either poorly written shelf-talkers or of the differing physiology of tastebuds! I haven’t tried this one myself, so I can’t speak to the descriptions you’ve posted, but I can certainly relate to that disappointment of a wine that doesn’t quite live up to anything I’ve read about it. I wonder if you find yourself particularly sensitive to that earthiness that you so immediately recognized? It wouldn’t surprise me if your tongue is just that good at picking it up.

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