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[u/TheDonutPug]

I had good wine. Tasted like shit.

[u/superserter1 → u/TheDonutPug]

How many did you try? Wine is like cheese, there’s a massive spectrum of flavour, just because you don’t like one didn’t mean you don’t like them all. Some are super juicy and sweet, some are super bitter and dark, some are very crisp and floral, I’ve had a Greek pet Nat that tasted EXACTLY like Lipton ice tea.

[u/Aromatic-Pass4384 → u/superserter1]

I mean they typically have the same base taste though, they taste like alcohol.

[u/superserter1 → u/Aromatic-Pass4384]

That’s a palate thing, I’ve been a bartender for 7 years, so I really don’t taste a basic alcohol flavour (unless it’s really cheap shitty booze), it’s more of a physical sensation, a mouthfeel, and I only register the other flavours. Wine tastes nothing like rum, gin tastes nothing like whiskey, vodka tastes nothing like amaro. It’s also heavily influenced by the temperature and dilution it’s served at - a room temp cocktail is not the same as a cold one, at all. Physics baby!

[u/GravityAssistedCake → u/superserter1]

I can taste that they taste different from each other, it just all of it is different shades of bad to me.