I am learning…

By Gretchen Neuman
VinoVerve Editor

Yes, you can’t fool me twice.

The other night, Kevin and I were drinking, er, tasting a fine selection from Tablas Creek, the Vermentino.

Naturally, when he started tasting his first pronouncement was that the wine tasted of oysters.

To which I say, “What? Ewwww”.

Part of the reason is that I have issues with oysters. I can only eat them cooked. I mean really cooked. Like fried. But still, once I get over the thought of the mouthfeel of a raw oyster.. and manage not to vomit, I understand the flavor that he is talking about. A minerality… chalky with a touch of the sea.

At least that is how I would describe those flavors. But as I hear the word “oyster”, I close my eyes and try to block out the gag-reflex response that the word brings up in me, I concentrate on the flavor.

And surprisingly, I don’t taste it. But I do taste the minerals.

Another thing that I don’t taste are the green apples and limes that the label indicated would be there. But, eh… I can live with that, so long as I don’t have to think about the oyster.

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