• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    You really don’t need to swallow at a wine tasting. In fact you’ll be able to taste a lot more without starting to affect your judgment if you don’t.

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      8 hours ago

      Even spitting you still swallow a bit. Most in the trade spit at tastings into the spit buckets. You’ll be fine trying 5 wines in an hour but I would be tasting dozens of wines for hours. It adds up after a while.

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        2 hours ago

        Impressive. Most of us get palate fatigue around 20 or so. Would imagine your BAL would still be legally fine, but everyone has different tolerance.

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          29 minutes ago

          After a few dozen you are tipsy. If there’s booze it’s a different story. This tasting always had Hans Reisetbauer near the door with his incredible eau de vies.