Uncorking Wine Lingo: Can You Really Taste Leather in Wine?
Nothing intimidates the casual wine-drinker like the back of a wine bottle, where you find strings of flashy adjectives that sound completely unrelated to grapes or wine. A run-of-the-mill brand can fling phrases at you like mineral-driven depth, earthy elements, and wet stone. Sure, nodding along during a tasting at a vineyard makes people feel cultured, but dragging the act into the wine aisle is a different story. Want to know a secret? No one knows everything about winemaking. Even veteran sommeliers and seasoned snobs still have things to learn, and that makes wine interesting. It may seem like






