Half is pushing it. ![[cheers.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0ff9bfcdb0964982cd3240b6159868fbdf215b1a.gif "cheers"){kind=small}
I rather wish I hadn’t bothered.
New poll:
Are you a wine scold, rebuker, reprimander, reproacher, reprover, admonisher, chastiser, chider, or berater? 
As the originator of a recent poll, I empathize. As least you weren’t accused of any hidden agendas or conspiratorial theories.
Dude. Thanks for stealing my thunder! I was just about to make that accusation!
The more pleasurable a wine is, the more reason I have to be analytical about it. Past the point of regular note taking, but do when appropriate.
Anton. 2/5=40%
Your answer is not in the poll results, but in all the nits that have been picked out of the question.
What did you expect?
Don’t feel like this was a total loss though. The “It’s wet, it’s giggle juice. I’m happy.” was good for a smile even if it was grammatically incorrect.
If I’ve ever posted a (by definition clearly flawed) poll in the past, I apologize, it won’t happen again ![[grin.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/5/53ba06e9b6e4b370ae7e3d7b3702ad1bda0a2d8e.gif "grin"){kind=small}
Ian, it’s a worthwhile question and I like the choices you have set out. I would tend most to #4 but I also do want to extract a level of hedonism/pleasure out of most wine drinking experiences I have. Fine example (haven’t had time to post yet) is the 1995 Leonetti Merlot I had a couple nights ago. First opened and tasted, it was almost all analytical—me comparing it with my last sampling, deciding it needed some slow-oxygenation, worried about how it would show. The last sip? Eyes rollilng back, such pure pleasure and happiness that the wine had gotten to that place.
Make any sense?
Mike
I could by any of the above, depending on the night and the company.