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Simone FM Spinner's avatar

Brilliantly argued. This quote sums up my work as a wine educator and writer; “Wine suffers when this sense of authority says “I can taste better than you” rather than “I can contextualise what I taste better than you”.” I strive to dispel ‘better’ and replace it with ‘contextualizing’ everyday.

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Cassandra Charlick's avatar

Great read Tom. Look forward to meeting at some point in the wine world (or Decanter offices!). Always a blast to share stories with fellow wine writers /musicians.

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Tom Hewson's avatar

Thanks yes you too! Really enjoyed your piece on Scoring in Decanter.

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Cassandra Charlick's avatar

Thank you, that means a lot. I’ve a few thousand more words of it on my hard drive. 🤣

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jaime smith's avatar

I already know I am 🤣

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Tom Hewson's avatar

Uh oh he's made it to Substack!

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Tahnee Fournier's avatar

Brilliant. When I speak too much technical to my customers, they mentally check out but I love the technical talk when I speak/taste to other wine peeps. Knowing how to manage both is key in all situations.

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Peter Henry's avatar

Well said! I wonder if memory and stamina during tastings play roles too. Do you find that you remain able to distinguish the first from the 10th wine as you taste the 11th?

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