My Wine Tastes of Bugs!
A while ago I bought a book (or rather a Mook – a magazine/book) about wine here in Japan, called the “Basic Wine Book” – ワイン基本ブック which is, as the title suggests a beginners guide to wine. And pretty useful it is too.
It has sections on the major wine regions in the world, and discussions about the main grapes.
It also has a very useful photo section with images of all the different tastes you might find in a particular varietal wine…here is the Shiraz/Syrah page…
Shiraz - Bug
Two things crossed my mind at this point…
a) Shiraz might smell/taste like bugs?? um, no thanks.
b) How does anyone know what a bug smells/tastes like??
In answer to the second one, apparently a lot of Japanese people do.
These kind of bugs are common here and it’s not unusual for young boys to collect them…nice.
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If you really don’t like bugs in your wine, and who does, I use the Wine Glass Crown!
You can see it at wineglasscrown.webs.com
Comment by wineglasscrown.webs.com — January 3, 2010 @ 1:48 pm
haha, nice comment. And a good plug for your website
Actually that Wine Glass Crown looks like a very good idea.
Comment by MoIppai — January 3, 2010 @ 3:56 pm
Thanks! Anthing to drive some attention.
Honestly I hate bugs in my wine and this site freaked me out.
Comment by wineglasscrown.webs.com — January 4, 2010 @ 11:56 am