De profundis gustatibus | Olivier Grosjean Translation: In deep tastes | Olivier Grosjean

This little [bad] guide to tasting is not intended to teach the art and manner of tasting, there are enough more serious books on the subject for that. However, it could simply help lay the groundwork for a perilous exercise when not adequately prepared. A combat sport for sharpened taste buds, tasting is a biased art that can be practiced alone or with others. Without nunchucks, but still with some basic notions and rules that should be known before diving in like a wild beast into the arena of wine tasting championships of La Revue des Vins de France or into the jungle of wine fairs and private cellar salons, where the winemaker is often sentenced to life imprisonment without ever managing to make a conversation ace. Absolute does not exist, except in books or specialized guides that trade it in a completely mercantile way, the informed enthusiast will avoid being deceived by the critic with a ruddy complexion, oversized ego, lest they end up with a cellar full of expensive yet undrinkable fine wines or wines as bad as unsellable.