Tasting wine

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A link to this article was recently posted on :ftlop:, 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.
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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.
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DRT wrote:I can confirm that my LETNB seems to be getting worse. Sometimes it morphs into EETNB and, in extreme circumstances, LTTNB.
LTTNB?
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AHB wrote:LTTNB?
I meant LATNB. I'm amazed you didn't manage to work that out :lol:
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No, still lost.

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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LGTrotter wrote:start reading
Yes.
LGTrotter wrote:stop drinking
Maybe I haven’t been reading carefully, but I missed that bit.
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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
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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
Let me help:

LTTNB = a typing error by me after an evening of whisky.

LATNB = Late Afternoon Tasting Note Brevity.
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