{"id":11848,"date":"2015-09-11T15:46:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T20:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11848"},"modified":"2015-09-11T15:46:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T20:46:32","slug":"your-wine-palate-how-good-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/11\/your-wine-palate-how-good-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Wine Palate: How Good Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11521\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/063015a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11521\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11521\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/063015a-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sparkling Wine, a palate pleaser\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sparkling Wine, a palate pleaser<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have you been in a winery tasting room relaxing and enjoying a wine when suddenly someone says, \u201cThis tastes like plums to me.\u201d A response, \u201cNo actually it has nuances of blackberries and cassis.\u201d Suddenly are you on pins and needles or wondering about your palate? Don\u2019t worry, this type of thing can happen anytime and anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The palate is an interesting topic for wine tasters. Many of the notes you taste are determined by the experiences you have had in the past. Have you had cassis? If not you may be bewildered by someone saying cassis, although it is quite common in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Also be aware that numerous medications as well as different types of foods can affect your palate. For instance in Elin McCoy\u2019s article, she warns against eating \u201ccheap Chinese pine nuts.\u201d These may leave a metallic aftertaste. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\">How to look after your palate<\/a> by Elin McCoy<\/p>\n<p>If you just happen to be attending a three or four hour extended dinner with many wine pairings, be sure to drink plenty of water. If black walnuts or fresh pineapple are available try a piece and see if it resets your taste buds.<\/p>\n<p>If you just want to tune up your taste buds,\u00a0read the articles on the online version of Decanter for some ideas that might help.<\/p>\n<p>In Andrew Jefford\u2019s article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.decanter.com\/wine-news\/opinion\/jefford-on-monday\/jefford-on-monday-palate-fitness-566\/\">Jefford on Monday: Palate fitness<\/a>, he writes, Don\u2019t just taste wine; taste everything in exactly the same sort of way in which you taste wine. Smell the air, the flowers, the washing, your children\u2019s hair. Taste different teas, coffees, sauces or soups as if they were wine.\u201d This sounds like great advice to me.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any suggestions in addition to the ones that Jefford and McCoy offer?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Your Wine Palate: How Good Is It?\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11848\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been in a winery tasting room relaxing and enjoying a wine when suddenly someone says, \u201cThis tastes like plums to me.\u201d Tune up your palate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[182,3465,147,98],"class_list":["post-11848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-decanter","tag-palate","tag-tasting","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11850,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11848\/revisions\/11850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}