tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post113603743483046458..comments2024-03-20T07:03:08.346-04:00Comments on Chicagoan in Montreal: ConnoisseurAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201487732079235426noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1146157750295382722006-04-27T13:09:00.000-04:002006-04-27T13:09:00.000-04:00Maybe that's an upside of not being a connoisseur....Maybe that's an upside of not being a connoisseur. You are less likely to be disappointed. <BR/><BR/>I do like scotch. I try to pick up a bottle at duty-free when I have the time. Problem is that when I'm there I can never remember which out of the ordinary ones that I want to try.<BR/><BR/>We also try different sorts of wine. Shiraz is a current favorite, though it seems to have quite a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201487732079235426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1146150022345917852006-04-27T11:00:00.000-04:002006-04-27T11:00:00.000-04:00The funny thing is that I really like both wine an...The funny thing is that I really like both wine and scotch. I'm just not quick to praise or condemn them.<BR/><BR/>With scotch, I love the peaty aroma, and that initial sting of the first sip. I love the heat it creates on the tongue and in the throat, and the deep smoky air that fills the mouth and lungs after a sip.<BR/><BR/>But they all have that effect. Some more than others, some are more Blorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381065813167569332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1146114127986524372006-04-27T01:02:00.000-04:002006-04-27T01:02:00.000-04:00Blork, I completely agree with you. I get the imp...Blork, I completely agree with you. I get the impression that so many people feel the need to offer their opinion in regards to taste regardless of whether they have the experience and knowledge to make a real judgement. I lack those two in regards to scotch and wine, but it may also be that I'm a slow learner in that field. Jason pushed several scotches in front of me over the years, but I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201487732079235426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1146111844601307052006-04-27T00:24:00.000-04:002006-04-27T00:24:00.000-04:00Taste is a protean monosyllabic word, imbued with ...Taste is a protean monosyllabic word, imbued with senses seemingly unrelated with eachother. One sense denotes a value neutral activity, upon which our lives perhaps depend--a sharp or bitter taste may serve to warn us of a toxic substance. Another sense, the sense that operates within this post, denotes, perhaps, a state of one's character--one develops and cultivates a taste for the finer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1146067386722807442006-04-26T12:03:00.000-04:002006-04-26T12:03:00.000-04:00Frank, I think you are not so different from many ...Frank, I think you are not so different from many people (perhaps even most). I'm quite convinced that most people who claim to have such specific preferences are really just kidding themselves. <BR/><BR/>One of the banes of our modern times is that everyone seems to feel they are not just entitled to an opinion, but they feel they are obliged to voice it (whether they have one or not). People Blorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381065813167569332noreply@blogger.com