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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by uncertaintraveler
I think that most people just make all those flavors up.

I've been on too many winery tours and the usual wine tastings, where pretentious jerks love to loudly go on and on about hints of this and aftertastes of that, only to be told, by those manning the bar, that no such flavors exist.
This reminds me of when (during a wine tasting session) I get asked about when the vanilla, cherry or chocolate flavor gets added to wines....

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