Delurking briefly to say hola to a fellow SG silk-lister. If you are in the CBD, let me know.
-- Balaji Dutt (Sent via mobile email - please excuse top-posting and/or any typos) On 10 Nov 2011 20:44, "Chew Lin Kay" <chewlin....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> >> My take: there is certainly a lot of bullshit involved (and some amount >> of self-deception, as the various studies show). >> >> ... >> >> My point? There are certainly people who can detect (and can be trained >> to detect) nuances in stuff (taste impressions, smell impressions, etc). It >> makes as little sense to call the entire wine appreciation thing false, as >> to call all of it true. :) >> >> > So my takeaway so far is: > > a) drink Indian wines if I have nothing else to drink (with an > undressed-salad as backup) > > b) drink Indian wines just to see what they are like > > c) experience before reading--since Udhay brought up perfume, I thought > I'd extend the idea. When I first started learning to differentiate between > what I enjoyed and what I didn't, I had to make the conscious effort to > sniff before I read (perfume notes, reviews, etc), otherwise I'd find > myself trying to like something because I *should*, and not because I > actually *did*. Similarly with wine and other things, because they can be > such great social signifiers. > > Invitation of drinkies for Silklisters passing through SG stands, though > now we will blind-taste, in black glasses. > > CL >
