Consider a tear. [I\u2019m referring here to the tear that comes from our eyes, not the tear that occurs in a fabric, or the sort that runs up the inside surface of\u00a0a wine glass.]<\/p>\n
We can describe a tear in scientific terms. But this is a completely inadequate, and almost stupid way to describe a tear.<\/p>\n
When we think of a tear in terms of emotions, it is suddenly powerful, profound and often quite precious.<\/p>\n
A drop of liquid rolls down someone\u2019s cheek. We observe it and cannot help be moved. [The fact that we are moved by this sight says something of the power of empathy in normal-functioning humans.]<\/p>\n
What motivated that tear? The end of a relationship. A bereavement. Disapointment. A cruel word. Loss. Or even profound joy: a loved one returns, a child is born, we see someone achieve something remarkable, brave or unexpected.<\/p>\n
There is so much<\/em> meaning in a tear when it is described in emotional terms.<\/p>\n What about wine? Should we restrict ourselves to scientific, clinical assessments of wines? Can tasting notes \u2013 lists of descriptors \u2013 capture all that is in a wine?<\/p>\n Or do some wines possess something more? Like a tear, are they better described in emotional terms? Do they have a significance that is impossible to capture in the typical vocabulary of the wine taster?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Consider a tear. [I\u2019m referring here to the tear that comes from our eyes, not the tear that occurs in a fabric, or the sort that runs up the inside…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5370,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions\/5370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}