I peak out about 20 – 25 wines when winery touring (Okanagan – British Columbia’s wine country). Otherwise, I like to enjoy one or two bottles a week. GV and Winelibrary TV have broadened my horizons significantly. I loved the Shistes from a few weeks back!

Gary,

It’s shows like this that makes you the man! When most would give up, you pull through and deliver! Thanks Gary!

QOTD: I also haven’t tasted enough in one sitting to get fatigued. Though, there was this one time when my friend made his own wine in empty milk jugs with Welches grape juice…it only took one taste of that to get fatigued. :/

Erik T.

Went to a New Zealand tasting recently. After 10-15 Sauvignon Blancs in a row – palate was tired but I sniffed, swirled and sipped on. Then went on to Pinot Noir and found the same feeling.

Great show: I like it when you mix it up a little. We can’t expect you to be the same all the time, and I’m amazed that you were able to get through two more wines after a full day of tasting! Keep up the good work 🙂

QOTD: I have yet to attend a wine tasting, so the most wines I’ve had at one time is about 5, but that was over a long 7-course dinner. I don’t think my palate was fatigued after that, but hard to tell since I was not spitting at all! 🙂

QOTD: Funny you asked that Gary, my fiance and I recently went to a wine tasting at the local community market. I found that after about 35 wines, I became aware of lack of feeling in my entire forehead plus the inability to destigush between the wine and the bottled water that we were using to rinse glasses became. In hindsight it wasnt palate fatigue at all, and we were drinking a majority of the wine not spitting it into our buckets.

QOTD: Can’t say I’ve ever reached “fatigue,” but usually can’t taste anything else after having a dessert wine.

QOTD – I would say that I start losing the ability to really differentiate flavors after 15-20 wines… guess I need to practice more!

So at what point is one no longer a “lurker” ?

QOTD: I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten fatigued. Of course, I’m not drinking 140 different wines in one day either.

QOTD: Usually I’m done after 3 bottles.

Nice baby pics. Glad to see that you are a Mac person.

QOTD: Not spitting — about 10 wines. Spitting — I’ve done about 40 at some of the “walk around” tastings and was beginning to fatigue at that point.

Get some rest. I was rooting for the Jets on Thanksgiving but I guess it didn’t help much. Sorry about that.

I like how people talk about their tired “pallet”. Do they need a forklift?

My “palate” gets tired after about 10-20 wines, depending on mood, food, and other factors. Great little episode Gary, I always end up wanting to buy every wine you try. It’s dangerous to my bank account.

QOTD— Thanks for the love G … I say about 10-15 wines , it tough to stay focused on sight, smell and taste …. It is great to try new things and to remember what they are.

QOTD: Depends. If it’s a single variety tasting (Pinot Days), then probably after about 30. If I’m mixing it up a bit, I can go up to 50 or 60. The different varietals seem to refresh the palate a bit.

Hi Gary,

QOTD: when I visit wineries I start to lose distinctness on my palate after about 25 different wines. Of course, I am not spitting them out as I go along………………..

Who is the baby??

Regards,
Karl B.

QOD – About 30.

Great baby pics!!

Holy cow, a purple tongue! How many days does it take your tongue to return to its “normal” color? I’ve had a purple tongue before, but it only took one grape popsicle!

QOTD: The most wines I’ve tasted in one setting has been 15. It was a Rhone tasting. I think my tongue was fine, but my inexperience mind had trouble.

QotD: Only about 20-25 until my palate poops out and my brain gets fuzzy.

QotD: Well, when I go tasting, my brain poops out before my palette. I can go about 25 wines and still be able to appreciate each one, but I need to sit down for the ;ast two. So, I do not know what my palette is capable of.

It’s a good thing you weren’t tasting young syrahs, or your teethg would be stained purple too.

I honestly don’t have the self control to spit, so i usually am feeling the alcohol before I’ve exhaustedly the tounge.

Hey Gary

QOTD: For me palate fatigue tends to happen at large tastings, especially if all the wines are in a similar style like a recent Medoc tasting I went to. A big part of being able to taste and still be aware is the environment – adequate water, a seat, somewhere to make notes etc.

I believe the best way to casually taste wines is on a day’s winery touring as happens in Australia. You can visit five to ten wineries in a day; at smaller places you often get to talk with the winemaker, you can try a producer’s whole range and by trying a wine on location you build up a relationships with the wine.

Andrew

I emailed you and mentioned the Sojourn Cellars in my WLTV comments about two or three times a few months ago when I had some that a friend of mine brought back from California. I’m glad you finally got to taste it. They didn’t make too many cases and it reminded me of Caymus also. I am anxious to try their Pinot Noirs which they have taken on the big boys with and won Gold. The story of their winemakers is on the label and they started out playing tennis together and got the idea of producing a quality wine. I believe they buy the grapes and have them crushed in batches. They are in fact a value in the Cali Cabernet Cult category.

I usually am drinking something from across the pond so thanks for the Bergerac tip.

It sounds like too much of a good thing at over a hundred wines. I’ve never had more than 30 or so and you need to take immediate notes if you are going to remember much….Even the slight amount of alchohol absorbed through the membranes of the mouth will add up after a while and take its toll. I give Parker, Vaynerchuk, Tanzer and Meadows great respect for their prolific tasting ability and service provided.

There is a slightly enhanced experience of taste when you swallow and let the wine finish its job at the back of the tongue. I have noticed that whenever you really appreciate the wine you will swallow some to get the whole effect.

BB

QOTD: when im drunk or ive hit about 50 wines….which ever comes first. I try to spit at most tastings but sometimes its too much work to get at the bucket.

Good show.
Unable to answer the QOTD have rarely tasted more than one bottle at a time

QOTD: never have tried tasting/drinking so much that I’ve reached palate fatigue. Generally only drink 250-350ml per night, occasionally as much as a bottle, but that’s rare. And at just one 750ml, no palate fatigue in sight. So no experiential basis for valid empirical assessment.

Thanks for the show after a long day of wine tasting…..I can’t distinguish aromas, tastes or textures after 6 or 7 wines…..Herm