PSA: Remember when wine notes didn't sound like a perfume ad?
I was at a vineyard event last weekend, and it struck me how wine tasting lingo has gotten utterly out of hand (like, seriously). Back in the day, my uncle would just sip his cabernet and say, 'Tastes like cherries and oak,' and that was that. But now, I heard someone describe a pinot noir as having 'hints of wet saddle leather and regret,' which, come on, is that even a thing? I once tried to keep up by noting 'forest floor' in a merlot, but all I could think about was that time I actually slipped on moss (not a pleasant memory). In my line of work, we describe properties with flowery terms too, but at least a 'cozy nook' is something you can actually see. It's funny how we've moved from straightforward appreciation to this performance art of descriptors. Maybe we should just enjoy the wine without the drama, you know?