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Mr. Scarpitti, we have now arrived at the crux of the matter.
If you know NOTHING about wines which are not Italian, then in fact YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!
You are a prejudiced racist, with an acute case of FITH disease.
Go away, troll.
You don't taste wine, you drink it — with food. Wine without food is an abomination. I NEVER just 'taste' wine. 'Wine tastings', so popular in the US, are an utter waste of time.
Since Italy produces more wine and more kinds of wine than any other nation, your response makes no sense.
The F_____ are cowards and useless to boot. I'm not prejudiced. Not at all. Can you name a single great Renaissance artist from F_____ off the top of your head? No? Do you know why? It's a trick question. There weren't any.
I do beg your pardon, Sir.
Perhaps you missed this point I made earlier in this thread:
I have enjoyed many, many, many, wines from all around Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia.
Have you ever tasted Giacomo Bologna's Barberas? Fabulous! Grignolino from Bruno Giacosa? Chionetti's Dolcetto di Dogliani? Valentini's Trebbiano di Abruzzo? Cosimo Taurino's Patrigliano? Amarone? Vermentino? Morellino di Scansano?
etc. etc. etc.
I know I shouldn't respond to this, but it's hard to let prejudiced drivel go by. No, I can't name a great Renaissance artist from France. But for that matter, I couldn't name a a great Renaissance artist from Southern Italy (Italy wasn't a country then).
It's no secret that at various times of human development bursts of creativity have centered in small pockets - ancient Athens, 14th century Florence, Paris in the 19th and early 20th century,Weimar Berlin, New York City in the 1950s, etc. I can't imagine any intelligent human man would not offer these periods as somehow proof that present-day Greeks, Italians, French, Germans, or Americans were somehow superior ("can you name a single great 19th century painter from Italy?").
Congratulations Mr. Scarpitti, you have become only the third resident of my killfile.
Dale
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An elaborate ritual might be pointless, but a few minutes or more of exposure to air in a glass or decanter has plenty of base in experience.
Dana
Well, there are two things that happen in decantering. One is that more surface area of the liquid is brought into contact with the air, thus exposing it to our noses. The other is that air is mixed into the liquid. The former allows the aromas to present themselves to us, which is good. The latter allows oxygen to mix into the liquid, which is bad. It may take a while before the oxidation becomes noticeable, but it begins at once.
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Wow! Anders
What is so remarkable, Anders?
Da udder night whilst I waz watching a tag team wrasslin match on Fox (da Swify Boat guys & Holocaust Deniers voices Michael Moore n Tanya Hardup) I waz insiped by dis thred an' tried what you mihjt call a voitical on Arber Mist Prune Danish Grenache from 8 monts ago to last week paired wit a horizontle of Thundaboid, Night Trane n Fels Naphta which has been unter my sink since George Bush # 1 discovered pork rinds. Whilst da more recen Arber Mists had profundity n a briny bouket n da old stuff had a smell remindin me of Secaucus under attack from fart monsters from da planet Marz, da Night Trane etc was ded on revival.
How you like dem petunas? yez wine geeks
Sir Dam>
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