I recall the advice from Eric Asimov at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Virginia. Mr. Asimov suggested that wine writers change the way they write about wine. Don’t use terms such as “hints” or “nuances.” So at the time, when challenged to be creative, I decided to write haiku instead of a more traditional wine description. My first discovery was that the restriction of using 17 syllables works perfectly for writing about a wine on Twitter. After writing one or two haikus, I was able to speed up and write quicker.
At last evening’s dinner, we tried a few wines from Umbria.
2010 Corbora PodereIl Caio haiku
Umbrian white wine
Malvasia, Grechetto
Grassy, lemony finish
2008 Elicius Umbria Rosso haiku
Elicius Rosso
Leather, licorice, dark fruit
Tannins, crisp finish
2007 Marciliano Falesco haiku
Marciliano
Fruity, leather, licorice
Silky tannin wine
2007 Palazone Muffa Nobilis haiku
Golden dessert wine
Honeysuckle floral hints
Flowers in the mouth
Oops, I did manage to get the word “hints” in one of the haikus. However I needed a one-syllable word.
Cheers
Terry