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Faults in Wine
Today I was asked an interesting question. How does one learn how to recognize the faults in wine? That’s the million dollar question with a $109 answer. $109 is the cost of a 12 aromas Faults Kit available at WineAromas.com that will ultimately help you recognize these faulty aromas. It is said that approximately 8% of all wines are faulty, yet less than 1% is returned to their point of purchase, why? Two simple answers. The first one is that you drank your wine without noticing the fault or you were not able to pinpoint that particular fault. The second is that you did not bother returning the bottle for one reason or another. The faults kit includes the 12 most commonly found faulty scents. It also comes with a booklet explaining how these aromas occur and whether you can avoid/rectify them. Now I must warn you that the faults kit does not smell good. With scents of vegetal, rotten apple, vinegar, glue, soap, sulfur, rotten egg, onion, cauliflower, horse, moldy-earth and cork, you will not be able to compare it to an aromatherapy session.
The Faults kit is used the world over by winemakers, sommeliers, wine aficionados and some of the best schools offering a wine education program such as UC Davis. This is a worthy investment which I highly recommend. Next time you are in a restaurant and believe you taste a faulty wine, you can call up the waiter or sommelier, should they have one, and explain your concern. A new bottle will be on its way. One very important tip, should it be the vegetal fault you uncovered, change wine all together as that particular fault occurs at harvest and most likely the entire batch of that vintage from that particular winemaker will be faulty.
Cheers!