
Barry Smith on Wine
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The Role of an Expert in Wine Tasting
The role of an expert in wine tasting is in part educational. But surely some people are just better at tasting than others? I think some people might be better at tasting. They're so-called supertasters. Most of us have got the ability to increase our range and increase our discrimination by doing so increase our pleasure. The more we attend, the more we discriminate, the moreWe enjoy selecting and noticing differences. In some areas of life, over reflection can actually diminish the enjoyment of the activities. So pursuing happiness while thinking about what the nature of happiness is may actually impair our ability to achieve happiness. Is it the same with drinking? If we start thinking too much about the subt
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