Sharon Bowman

As the palate turns

It’s the end of the year, but I’m not going to do a „best of” or „top #” post. I’m just not. In fact, I’m just going to slap up a picture I like of a wine that pulls no punches, and then ramble about other things.

The year 2009 is closed, and my wine life, it would be fair to say, went through an unbridled overhaul, over these twelve months. Many discoveries were made (or offered my way, or stumbled into); some previous favorites discarded in light of new twists to the tastebuds; and former dislikes rallied to and overcome, until these days, you can sometimes find me ordering a chenin blanc.

Clearly, that’s one of the fun things about taking an interest in wine: watching your palate evolve. Favorite Cali Cabs of yesteryear (all right, I didn’t get to go through that phase, but you can imagine some similarly dark back-story for me, if you’d like) give way to shimmery Muscadet or wiry Albariño.

There’s a Comments section, below; I’d be interested to hear some tales of vinous discovery and change from my ever-vigilant readership. What have you unearthed? What do you suddenly shun?

And a free bottle of Puzelat „Brin de Chèvre” for anyone who can guess one wine I used to adore but now can’t stomach.

* Sharon Bowman, bloggerka, znawczyni wina.

„Kultura Liberalna” nr 1 (51) / 2010 z dn. 5 stycznia 2010 r.