Magnificent Wine Flavor Visualization

Carl Tashian's Wine Flavor Visualization

SHE SAYS: It is magnificent to cross boundaries of many sorts.  An  NYU Grad student, Carl Tashian has taken to cross the boundaries between two senses — taste and sight, to create a visual representation of how wine tastes. — W-hat??

“Preposterous!” you say?  Ney, possible and beautiful to boot.   Take a look.   http://tashian.com/wine-flavors/ Notice how each line curves, is not straight.  See that?  Yes!  Exactly like your thoughts after a few sips.  I smell a Nobel Peace Prize in his future.   Anyone who can do this, can certainly bring us world peace.
“Peace Through Wine”   Yes.  This is your mantra for the weekend.

He shoots, he scores!

To give you an idea how I (He) score wines, I use a 20-point scale. Over the years my points system has basically broken down this way:

10 or below – Awful. Spit it out!

11 – Way below average.

12 – Below average

13 – OK, drinkable, pleasant, nothing special tho

14 – Good, enjoyable, not memorable perhaps, but representational of the variety

15 – Very nice. I enjoy drinking it and would recommend it

16 – Very good. If it’s a new wine, this is a very high score. For an older wine, there’s still lots of room. This probably equates to a 90 on a 100-point scale.

17 – Excellent. Rarely do I rate current releases this high.

18 – Outstanding. Reserved for older wines.

19 – Unforgettable.

20 – The best of the best. I’ve never given a wine a 20. Gotta leave space for perfection, like the Russian judge.

Yeah, I know, my 20-point scale is really condensed to 10. So to get back to about 20, I throw some pluses in there to further distinguish ratings. OK, I realize this is weird and probably a 100-point scale is simpler, but I’ve been rating wines like this for over 25 years and I’m not about to start over now.

The “He said…She said” Wineblog

He is a man with a refined palate — She thinks he’s making it all up.     He sips wine and tastes fruit, foods, herbs, earth tones.  She sips wine and it tastes like, well, wine – but she can tell you the personality behind the wine in just a few words.  Check in often to see how their battle of wits and wines will leave you laughing and asking for more.