Mark's review
Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
by Kermit Lynch
Mark's review
Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France by Kermit Lynch
Mark's review
rating:
i don't have the palate for wine that kermit lynch has... i'm not even sure that kermit lynch has the palate that "kermit lynch" has.
can he tell the year a neighboring apricot orchard was ripped out by the aromas of different vintages? or the vigneron's wife's personality based on the longevity of subtle flavor nuances? can he *really* trace the origin of grapes specific to a single hill in ALL of france - by taste alone?
whether he can, or can't is irrelevant - because the story of a man with this magical skill, travelling through the vineyards of france, has been rendered with such romance that you WANT to believe.
can he tell the year a neighboring apricot orchard was ripped out by the aromas of different vintages? or the vigneron's wife's personality based on the longevity of subtle flavor nuances? can he *really* trace the origin of grapes specific to a single hill in ALL of france - by taste alone?
whether he can, or can't is irrelevant - because the story of a man with this magical skill, travelling through the vineyards of france, has been rendered with such romance that you WANT to believe.
