Tasting notes about wine have been written since 3500 B.C. and became prominent in ancient Egypt. During Greek and Roman times they expanded utilizing simple easily understood descriptions.
In the 17th-century tasting notes lengthened with even more advanced content featuring added detail and explanation. Itâs only since the late-1970s that tasting notes and reviews began to include various overly expressive terminology and hyperbole (referred to as âwinespeakâ by some).
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In a May 3, 2021, Wine-Searcher online posting titled, âScience Makes a Mockery of Tasting Notes,â Dr. Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace of Cornell Universityâs Division of Nutritional Sciences stated, âthere are significant differences in the way the general population tastes and perceives different flavors.â She identified four groups