{"id":2762,"date":"2010-10-01T02:50:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T07:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2010-10-01T02:50:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T07:50:14","slug":"wine-writers-to-write-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/01\/wine-writers-to-write-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine writers to write poetry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wine writers and bloggers are challenged to try their hand at writing poetry for the Regional Wine Week contest. Regional Wine Week, October 10th<\/sup> through the 16th<\/sup>, is organized by DrinkLocalWine.com. Wine writers, bloggers, Facebook fans and Tweeterers are asked to write a haiku about local wines. So what will writers who use such terms as: austere, taut, scorched earth, resin, melted licorice, fat, voluptuous or loamy do when their vinous vocabularies are put to poetry?<\/p>\n

Perhaps a haiku is a perfect type of poetry to use to describe a wine. After all it has a limit of 17 syllables in three lines (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables). No one can get carried away with only 17 syllables. Haikus are rather simple and become a challenge when limited to just a few multisyllabic words.<\/p>\n

Write a Haiku and email it to Jeff Siegel at: drinklocalwine@gmail.com<\/a> Since I\u2019m on this English-related topic, the English teachers that I\u2019ve worked with for thirty years would find me remiss if I didn\u2019t point out that the word \u201cvarietal\u201d is an adjective; the word \u201cvariety\u201d is a noun. Many people that write about wine have a fondness of the word \u201cvarietal\u201d and use it as a noun.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple examples of wine haikus.<\/p>\n

East Cab Sauvignon
\nGrape vines struggle to ripen
\nMay be herbaceous<\/p>\n

Vinifera grape
\nComes dry, sweet and in between
\nA Riesling for life<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nTerry<\/p>\n