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The privilege of choice

Taste, bouquet and provenance excite us in varied ways, writes NK YONG

WHY do we like the wines that we do? Simple. They are enjoyable to drink, with or without food. What makes them enjoyable is the real question. "What makes them lovely to drink - at least to me?" Not as easy to answer as it looks. We drink wine to accompany a meal, or we drink it (often) for the sheer pleasure of drinking a good, or hopefully, a great wine. The pleasure comes from a combination of the taste on the palate and the aromas which waft upwards from the rear of the nasopharynx into the nose, as well as the cerebral from the barrage of messages emanating from the sensory receptors in the mouth and nasopharynx. On occasion, this barrage can be quite overwhelming. It can reduce you to...

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