Those of us who taste wine for a living are well aware of how ill suited words are to describe the sensory impressions of our favourite drink with any useful accuracy and without making us seem...

Here's a categorisation of some of the tasting terms I use most commonly for smells and flavours (you may have noticed that I have a somewhat limited wine vocabulary). I've put them into groups...

David Lester, Manchester: I'm sure others will have pointed you at this article, but just in case: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,632-1589871,00.html I can't see that he has you in...

John Logan, Eversholt, UK: HAVING JUST COMPARED YOUR TASTING NOTES FOR THE 2004 CLARETS TO ROBERT PARKER'S NOTES i FEEL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING DIFFERENT WINES.HE DESCRIBES SOME WINES AS...

Pacific and varietal semantics Barbara: Did JR write the piece in the FT 1-2 May? If so,...