Five Stars

Tell me what you ate with the wine.
Tell me how the wine made you feel.
Tell me how it smelled.
Tell me what memories the wine evoked.
Tell me what senses were engaged.
Tell me what flavors excited you.

Tell me how it connected you with the people who made the wine, the people that grew it, the people who thought to share it with you.

Tell me about your friends, tell me about your family, tell me about the lover you shared the wine with.

Tell me about their passions. Tell me about your passions.

Next time you make love, tell me how it rated on a five star scale.

Q.E.D.

Comments

[Dr. Debs]

See your point, and agree with it. Am willing to try five stars, but if 1/2 stars are involved will stick to QPR. Otherwise, it's just the same damn thing--what's the difference between a 4 star and a 4.5 star? Who knows?

I like text. Words are better than numbers or symbols at expressing something as elusive as wine and how it makes you feel.

[Mike Duffy]

Pure poetry. Nice one, Jeff.

After all, it's just fermented grape juice in a bottle, right? [grin]

[ryan]

No really let's use some poetry...this one by my dad http://catavino.net/2007/06/13/rooftop-virtual-tasting-mencia-from-the-spanish-wine-region-of-bierzo/#comment-52372 ...maybe a poem with a few stars sprinkled on it would fit the bill.

[Marshall]

Thanks for last night... 3.5 stars.

[farley]

Couldn't agree with you more. Hence my id at Wine Life Today, etc. as 'winepoet' although I haven't been too poetic lately. Must need more wine.

[winehiker]

You're the star, Jefe.

[John]

Great post, El Jefe. My thoughts exactly.

[el jefe]

Thanks everyone for the comments! This poetry thing normally never happens... I must have been channeling Hugh MacLeod or something...

[Jim Lockard]

Great stuff!

I posted it (with a reference and an link) on my blog today - WineSaver.Blogspot.com

Thank you for a great statement!

The WineSaver