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Originally Posted by photon
I actually have the same theory about wine.
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I would like to present to you, the Master Sommelier Diploma Examination:
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Part 3. Practical Tasting
The tasting examination is scored on the candidate's verbal abilities to clearly and accurately describe six different wines. Within twenty-five minutes he or she must: - Identify, where appropriate, grape varieties, country of origin, district and appellation of origin, and vintages of the wines tasted.
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So while not everybody can tell cat piss from vintage wine, it's certainly possible. And not just in the sense that you can tell two wines apart, it's possible to get to know them to the point where you recognize all those things mentioned above just by taste.
Also, evidence seems to suggest that tasting aspartame as bitter might be a genetic feature, and thus not a matter of "learning to like it".
I really don't need to know there's aspartame in a drink to hate it. It's just disgusting to me.