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re: Wine Snobs Where Are You At?
Posted on 2/15/12 at 8:05 pm to Paul Allen
Posted on 2/15/12 at 8:05 pm to Paul Allen
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.some Argentinian Malbecs
Talk to me. My family travels to Buenos Aries every so often and I've had a lot of Malbecs they've brought back for me to try.
I've been hooked on Malbecs for years therefore you have my attention. What do you have?
Posted on 2/15/12 at 8:29 pm to SunHog
If you want a decent resource for wine reviews, try cellar tracker: cellar tracker
Most of the professional reviews, or "shelf talkers" you'll see at wine stores are fricking useless, unless you know the palate of the reviewer. CT is useful to me because it generally represents people who love wine and have gone through the effort to post their tasting notes. I can search on specific wines I am interested in, which in all likelyhood will be reviewed by people who like the same kinds of wines I like. For example people who are posting tasting notes on Giacosa Barolos are probably going to be people who like and drink a lot of Barolo, hence their reviews to someone who likes Barolo are going to be valuable. Don't pay attention to the scores, read the actual descriptions because they will tell you more about if that reviewer likes things in wine that you like.
In the end your own palate is your best guide to discover what you like, but it's helpful to find references to keep you from making mistakes. I've found CT to be useful to me.
Most of the professional reviews, or "shelf talkers" you'll see at wine stores are fricking useless, unless you know the palate of the reviewer. CT is useful to me because it generally represents people who love wine and have gone through the effort to post their tasting notes. I can search on specific wines I am interested in, which in all likelyhood will be reviewed by people who like the same kinds of wines I like. For example people who are posting tasting notes on Giacosa Barolos are probably going to be people who like and drink a lot of Barolo, hence their reviews to someone who likes Barolo are going to be valuable. Don't pay attention to the scores, read the actual descriptions because they will tell you more about if that reviewer likes things in wine that you like.
In the end your own palate is your best guide to discover what you like, but it's helpful to find references to keep you from making mistakes. I've found CT to be useful to me.
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