Wine Knowledge, Ability To Taste Bitter Flavor Linked In New Study Of Propylthiouracil, Or 'PROP'
Wine Knowledge, Ability To Taste Bitter Flavor Linked In New Study Of Propylthiouracil, Or 'PROP'
Mar 3, 2012 6
(Huffingtonpost) - "Can't we just get rid of wine lists? Do we really have to be reminded every time we go out to a nice restaurant that we have no idea what we are doing? Why don't they just give us a trigonometry quiz with the menu?"-Jerry Seinfeld
Enophiles may whine, but a new study in the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture suggests that average folks have little use for expert wine commentary. And it's not because they're philistines, either—the taste buds of ordinary people may simply be less sensitive.
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