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  2. Sommelier - Wikipedia

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    An Italian sommelier (F.I.S.A.R.) with a tastevin around his neckA sommelier (UK: / ˈ s ɒ m əl j eɪ, s ɒ ˈ m ɛ l i eɪ / SOM-əl-yay, som-EL-ee-ay, US: / ˌ s ʌ m əl ˈ j eɪ / SUM-əl-YAY, French: ⓘ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing.

  3. Wine tasting descriptors - Wikipedia

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    The primary source of a person's ability to taste wine is derived from their olfactory senses. A taster's own personal experiences play a significant role in conceptualizing what they are tasting and attaching a description to that perception. The individual nature of tasting means that descriptors may be perceived differently among various ...

  4. Wine tasting - Wikipedia

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    A tasting note is a taster's written testimony about the aroma, taste identification, acidity, structure, texture, and balance of a wine. Online wine communities like Bottlenotes allow members to maintain their tasting notes online and for the reference of others.

  5. Glossary of wine terms - Wikipedia

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    A tasting of a group of wines from the same vintage or representing the same style of wine (such as all Pinot noirs from different wineries in a region), as opposed to a vertical tasting which involves of the same wine through different vintages. In a horizontal tasting, keeping wine variety or type and wine region the same helps emphasize ...

  6. Glossary of winemaking terms - Wikipedia

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    Wine packaged in a bag usually made of flexible plastic and protected by a box, usually made of cardboard. The bag is sealed by a simple plastic tap. Brettanomyces A wine spoilage yeast that produces taints in wine commonly described as barnyard or band-aids. Brix/Balling A measurement of the dissolved sucrose level in a wine Brouillis

  7. Taste test - Wikipedia

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    "Taste Test", a song by Sleater-Kinney from their 1996 album Call the Doctor. Blind wine tasting, a wine taste test involving no knowledge of the wine's identity on the part of the tasters. Blind taste test, a generic term for any blind testing that involves tasting. Food taster, a term used for a person who taste the food for safety or quality.

  8. List of wine professionals - Wikipedia

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    Included are wine professionals at an elevated level compared with Wine writers, being authorities on wine tasting, having established rating systems or written reference works. Michael Broadbent, British wine critic, author and auctioneer Huon Hooke at Geelong wine show American wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr.

  9. Flavor lexicon - Wikipedia

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    In developing a flavor lexicon, the tongue is a taster's instrument. A taster is trained to remain objective. The first documented descriptive analysis technique, FPM, was first implemented in the 1950s. The structure of FPM is also the simplest of the three—fewer panelists are employed with a minimum of four. Following a 60-ho