Tasting wine
Tasting wine
A link to this article was recently posted on , which I have decided to copy to this thread because I find it very informative and relevant to what we do here.
http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/47792
Thanks to Roy for posting the initial link.
http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/47792
Thanks to Roy for posting the initial link.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: Tasting wine
Compare and contrast A possible improvement to tasting-note technology.
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I can confirm that my LETNB seems to be getting worse. Sometimes it morphs into EETNB and, in extreme circumstances, LTTNB.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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LTTNB?DRT wrote:I can confirm that my LETNB seems to be getting worse. Sometimes it morphs into EETNB and, in extreme circumstances, LTTNB.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I meant LATNB. I'm amazed you didn't manage to work that outAHB wrote:LTTNB?
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Ernest H. Cockburn
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No, still lost.
Think the spectator article is onto something, seems to chime with what I drink.
Think the spectator article is onto something, seems to chime with what I drink.
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LGTrotter wrote:No, still lost.
jdaw1 wrote:Compare and contrast A possible improvement to tasting-note technology.
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You're right, stop drinking and start reading, I am perhaps a tad confused by the abbreviations.
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Yes.LGTrotter wrote:start reading
Maybe I haven’t been reading carefully, but I missed that bit.LGTrotter wrote:stop drinking
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The second part to assist with my comprehension of the first part.
Anyway I haven't stopped drinking and I still don't understand what LTTNB or LATNB mean. I'm going to keep trying, me and this Grahams crusted '98
Anyway I haven't stopped drinking and I still don't understand what LTTNB or LATNB mean. I'm going to keep trying, me and this Grahams crusted '98
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Let me help:LGTrotter wrote:The second part to assist with my comprehension of the first part.
Anyway I haven't stopped drinking and I still don't understand what LTTNB or LATNB mean. I'm going to keep trying, me and this Grahams crusted '98
LTTNB = a typing error by me after an evening of whisky.
LATNB = Late Afternoon Tasting Note Brevity.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn