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Understanding a Wine's Texture

This article was originally published in November of 2014.  It is still read worthy. Enjoy! \ My wife recently asked my opinion on a colorful, acrylic painting that she was working on.  I am always available to critically evaluate someone else’s creative efforts—irrespective of the medium—particularly when I have zero training or expertise in it.  And so, I delivered my pontification.  “The orange pumpkin looks a little flat and one dimensional.  It needs more  depth and   texture .”  She resisted slightly, invoking technical issues which I did not understand, but eventually she relented and accepted my assessment and modified it to its current excellent state. Even though they routinely slide past our consciousness unobserved, textures are a vital, recurring part of our lives. We are all aware of the multi-dimensional textures in music, art and architecture whereby multiple components are interwoven to achieve a cohesive and very pleasing result

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