If you’re a wine connoisseur, do you remember the moment when it really clicked for you, when you could comprehend and describe the flavors of a wine? In his essay Wine and Astonishment, Andrew Jefford contends that every wine writer and wine lover should remember what it feels like to be astonished by wine. Jefford’s essay Source/The Wine Writer is Dead is also directed at wine writers, but contains good advice for anyone interested in crafting prose. This is part of a complete episode.
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