tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post114169347534495029..comments2022-11-30T06:56:26.508+00:00Comments on Smell the Cork!: Plum jam and old ironrodbodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00367022736620887918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post-1142330137752012022006-03-14T09:55:00.000+00:002006-03-14T09:55:00.000+00:00Old iron like the smell of a well used gardening t...Old iron like the smell of a well used gardening tool - the sort of tool which would be rusty of it were not so well used, but instead has a black, dull patina about it.<BR/><BR/>I'm not so sure about wine language being non-inclusive. Yes, it's widely mocked, but even the discount grocers use it in their promotional bumf. They eschew talkies because their staff don't have the knowledge to match rodbodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367022736620887918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852085.post-1142284512683598382006-03-13T21:15:00.000+00:002006-03-13T21:15:00.000+00:00Funny you should mention this as we were having a ...Funny you should mention this as we were having a (rather geeky) conversation the other day at work about the term "crisp". Yes I know it's manifestly idiotic to describe a liquid as "crisp" but we do do it often. Don't get me started on "plum jam". The wine being tasted at the time, Steenberg Unwooded Chardonnay in the 2005, described by one as crisp, I felt (amongst others) incorrect. Soft, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com