Everything That’s Wrong in Wine Writing: In One Sentence

“The wine starts off tightly citrus in the glass and then unwinds into a floral arrangement like something by Provençal painter Louis Janse van Rensburg, as it slowly warms up.”

This über-grandiose, über-snobby shard of vino-babble illustrates the nauseating depths to which wine writing all too often sinks.

Strap on your little white barf bag if you want to read the full article in which this bit of twisted prose appeared.

Damn little wonder that wine as a concept turns off so many people.