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By: Pairing People & Wine « Eat Wine

Pairing People & Wine « Eat Wine — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:17:17 +0000

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By: Thomas Matthews

Thomas Matthews — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:11:19 +0000

For Matt Kramer’s take on the same subject for Wine Spectator, look here: http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/44238

Thomas Matthews
Executive editor
Wine Spectator

By: chicagopinot

chicagopinot — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:10:02 +0000

“The definition of enjoyment is ‘something that causes pleasure;’ while appreciation is ‘awareness of delicate perception of aesthetic qualities or values.'”

“It is more on par with appreciating art, chocolate, espresso, classical music, anything that uses a language to convey an expression.”

If nothing else, I love these particular quotes from your blog! I may borrow these myself at some point!

By: JenV

JenV — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:47:04 +0000

Your article made me smile, and I appreciate the creative use of decanters! I learned a long time ago that in order to avoid disappointment, I always bring wines to dinner parties and especially to family gatherings. Half of the fun in opening a bottle of wine is sharing it with family and friends, especially if it is different from what they are used to drinking. This said, I agree that there is a right time and place for every wine.

I love the way you capture the language of wine when we “stop to appreciate it and listen, humbly.” Wine is meant to be savored and enjoyed, and I believe wine appreciation is a skill anyone can learn if they time the time to savor the wine drinking experience. Even wine novices can often appreciate that good wines somehow taste “better,” even if they don’t have the vocabulary to fully describe what they are tasting. It’s fun to help people develop a vocabulary to describe what they’re tasting, and interesting how appreciation of wine can lead to an appreciation of the other good things in life like chocolate, coffee, garden-fresh vegetables, and home-baked bread.

By: Harold D. Partain

Harold D. Partain — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:19:24 +0000

Oh, Liz… you sneaky devil! I’ve done the same, almost. I dropped the bottle by accident (I needed to mop that stone floor again anyway!) Pleading forgiveness I said I would open one of my favorites I normally serve at holiday time! They felt really honored I would serve one of my best. Of course, we loved it… but I’m not sure our guests did as much. Oh, well if they haven’t taken the time to appreciate the subtle differences maybe we did contribute to furthering their knowledge.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:07:22 +0000

Liz,
Wonderful piece! I couldn’t agree with you more. When I came home from Chile, I brought a bottle of my favorite malbec (which was not cheap!) and saved it to share with my uncle who does appreciate wine. There were some extra guests so I didn’t love the fact that there would be less for me/us and then one of them said that you don’t need to spend a lot of money on wine and jug wine is perfectly good. Ick.
When I was still living in Chile, I would go to gatherings at friends’ places fully aware of that fact that some people do not appreciate wine and will not spend a lot of money on it. So at my friends’ house, we would always “top off” everyone else, and when they were tied up in their conversations one of us would slip off and refill on the good stuff. It’s one of my favorite tactics and a “win-win” situation.