Horological Meandering

ThomasM
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I agree there is room for relatively simple wines...

Hi, Tony,

In this case, the bottle I had, was completely uninteresting, let alone uninspiring, at the start.

But of course, this was my personal opinion, based on my personal taste.

When ei8htohms and I worked together on the earliest "serious" articles that formed the foundation of ThePuristS, we wrestled with including things like strong personal feelings about the watch and specific performance data of the specific watch.

Some feel we took too much of the bite out of the articles - people WANT to know what john thought about the watches from a watchmakers points of view; people wanted to know what I thought of the watches from a personal, collectors point of view, someone with decades of experience with high end models and brands and more than a passing understanding of the specialized aspects of watchmaking and industry history.

I guess the same dynamics can apply to wine tasting notes - one could try to keep the commentary to the "objective" and let readers conclude their own subjective like/dislike for themselves; or one can include personal conclusions.

Typically, I try to be consistent across product categories and avoid too much personal "conclusions" - at least in widely read, "impersonal" media; those who have met me in person know I have no reservations about sharing my real, heartfelt subjective feelings on "this brilliant piece of kit" or "that piece of crap that barely deserves to be a target in a pissing contest."

In this case of the Tiefenbrunner, don't forget the context - I wasn't applauding or thumb-downing the bottle per se, the point was the surprising development in bottle, after opening, over a period of time that conventional wisdom would have us expecting, as you note, vinegar.

Cheers,

TM