I would have thought the whole exercise would be a waste of time but what has been fascinating is to see just how much one can tell about a wine without being able to smell it. Obviously I have not been able to pick out major faults on the nose...
South African blog – May 2007
Wednesday 9 May 2007
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Two days in to the 2007 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show in South Africa, I’ve just had a most interesting, if slightly scary, experience. I have been judging wine with no sense of smell whatsoever. (My sore throat turned into one of the worst flu-ey colds I can remember.)
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