Neuroenology: How The Brain Creates The Taste Of Wine

Learn more or buy this book:  Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine

In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just as he did in Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters, that creating the taste of wine engages more of the brain than does any other human behavior.




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Rose Cut Wine Bar Tastings

Updated August 22, 2022

The Rose Cut wine bar is no longer open.

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The 4th wine bar to open in my neighborhood. They offer tastings, and wines by the glass or bottle.

Rose Cut wine bar now open - Events and Tastings:  'via Blog this'

It's great that we've got choices in just a few short city blocks of 94114:

• Rose Cut wine bar (inside D & H Sustainable Jewelers)
• Blush! wine bar
• Swirl on Castro
• Castro Village Wine Co

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Livermore Valley Wine Tasting

We spent this past Saturday with friends on a Livermore wine tasting tour.  What a fun time!

We made it to 4 wineries:

1. Crooked Vine and Stoney Creek
2. Wente
3. Rios Lovell
4. Concannon

If you love Petite Sirah, there was plenty to be had.

For more information:

Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association

Related articles

• Concannon Is Pulling Out All of the Stops For Petite Sirah's 50th Anniversary (wine-blog.org)
• The Petite Sirah Symposium (steveheimoff.com)
• Ninth Annual Petite Sirah Symposium to Have Live Broadcast (wine-blog.org)

Sonoma Wineries - Free Tasting With Visa Signature Card

If you're headed North of San Francisco to the Sonoma Valley wineries, then don't forget to bring along your Visa Signature card.

You get freebies!

Complimentary Wine Tastings at Sonoma County Wineries

Visa Signature benefits are available at the following Sonoma wineries (benefits vary by winery)

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Wine Writers About Wine As Art

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Everybody's talking about this Vinography: a wine blog post, A Short Conversation Between Wine Writers About Wine as Art. Or Not.

If you enjoy reading about wine, it's worth following the thread.

In case you can't get enough, jump right into the ongoing conversation on Twitter:  Vinography

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Air Travel Affects Taste Buds

According to the article:

"When’s the last time you enjoyed your in-flight meal? Your answer is probably “never.” And with the first weekend in August being one of the busiest times of year to fly, flight attendants are likely bracing themselves for a new onslaught of complaints about flavorless airline grub.

But is in-flight food really so bad, or is our perception of it just a little off? As it turns out, there’s a scientific reason why food is less savory at 30,000 feet."

Read the full source article:   One reason airline food is so bad? Your own tastebuds - NBC News

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Taste Buds Gone Bad From Pine Nuts

Image via WikipediaI love food and I love wine.  Heaven forbid my taste buds should get out of whack.  If you're a foodie too, you should know about "Pine Mouth." I learned about this syndrome from this ABC news article, 'Pine Mouth': How Pine Nuts Can Ruin Tastebuds for Weeks - Some Pine Nuts Lead to Temporary 'Pine Mouth Syndrome'

Apparently, awareness about this is growing, as evidenced by this Journal of Toxicology article, "Pine mouth" syndrome: cacogeusia following ingestion of pine nuts (genus: pinus). An emerging problem?

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