I have been living in in Burgundy for over thirty years and have to say I know next to nothing about wine and care even - no I think I'd better stop there on the off-chance that somebody might actually read these lines! I don't want to exaggerate: it's impossible to live in Burgundy for any length of time without some of the wine culture rubbing off on you. I can tell the difference between a good wine and a nasty wine (a good wine is more expensive) and between a Burgundy and a Bordeaux (the bottles are shaped differently), it's just that my palate is nothing to write home about, certainly not on the same level as my wife and children. So I usually wait for them to utter an opinion and then, anxious not to cause offence, meekly go along with what appears to be the majority view.
"Rich, fat, sweet, super-concentrated, overripe, jam-dense, high-alcohol, oaky, inky-coloured, vanilla-y wines." That sounds all right, surely? I thought so anyway, and the other day said yes, these are just the sort of wines I like. BAD answer! I felt like the Irish who had come up with the wrong answer in the referendum on the European constitution. If you're interested, here is the sort of wine you should like: "wines that are low in alcohol and high in “wild, exhilarating acidity”; wines that are light and aromatic; “skanky” wines that are “unpredictable” and “ornery” wines that “provoke an emotion”; wines “fully expressive of a place and its history.”"
I'll try and get it right next time.
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