Best Wine Descriptors from the IVWA
Our judges at the International Value Wine Awards used some pretty creative words to describe the wines they tasted this year.
We asked some of our judges to tell us about funny or weird wine descriptors that they heard while wine tasting this week. The submissions ranged from humourous, to bizarre, to inappropriate, to downright incomprehensible - but we thoroughly enjoyed reading them and wanted to share some them with you.
"Wrestles it down like an alligator and pins it to the floor." - John Szabo
"Volcano pie" - John Szabo
Baby barf, singed ironing - Steve Thurlow
Barbeque sauce, fun dip sticks, peanut butter sandwich, baby diapers, pepperoni, hot dog, kielbasa - Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson
"Every time I drink moscato, I get lively." - Anonymous
"I wouldn't marinate a steak in it." - Anonymous
"Vinyl pants" - Tom Firth
"Reprehensible, wretched, thrilling, rutabaga, well-behaved tannins" - DJ Kearney
"Spiced sauerkraut and boiled ham." - Sid Cross
It's like someone crushed a bunch of Wether's candy and mixed it in the wine - Gurvinder Bhatia
These are just some of the highly creative and amusing notes that we read in the wine room. It's great to know we have such a creative tasting panel, many of them also contribute to the magazine and website!
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