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Hi All, Indeed, from my research so far, it seems Masters of Wine use the term "mineral" or "minerality" frequently in published wine tasting notes. The most fascinating aspect of this topic is to try and understand the sense in which the word is being used. JR is right that the ...

Dear All,

Here is an article written by Jancis Robinson on the subject of Wine Descriptors, posted on the weekend. Hope you find it interesting. Note that there is a list of wines at the bottom which all have the name of a stone on the label/name.
http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/a201204102.html

cheers

Graham

Dear All, On a related subject to Minerality, I am trying to find magazine articles from the 90's that may have included the descriptor "Mineral" or "Minerality". If you have a Decanter collection back till then or a local Aussie magazine collection, could you please check if the...

Hi Malliemcg, One interesting thing I have discovered so far from checking published studies on the "sense of taste" is that our mouth/nose combo is not the neutral test instrument we all suppose. Taste is bound up with sense of smell, texture, temperature of the food or wine,colour and mo...

Dear All, I can give a little historical perspective, due to my age. In the seventies the Hunter saw a huge influx of wealthy professions looking to establish thier own dream winery and lifestyle. Dr. Max Lake, along with the Petersen family (Pharmacists from memory) & the now defunct Murray Rob...

Hi Astrobloke, I really appreciate your contributions to my project. You no doubt noted from the Survey that Question 3 specifically addressed the smell or taste experienced, and allowed for an "Other" for participants to contribute their own descriptors as the list was long and could not ...

Mike,

with your experience of Minerality in Blanc de Blanc Champagne, is it more pronounced in Vintage versions versus blended years, or more associated with the grape source and type. Or just in particular years?

cheers

Graham

Michael, Thank you for doing the Survey. In order to keep it a valid exercise, I obviously cannot start to spell out in threads my findings to date or otherwise try and influence the process of gathering information on people's perceptions, or the goal of the exercise exactly. In terms of the good a...