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Editors' note: To close 2011, Palate Press: The online wine magazine will be featuring some of our top stories from the past year. Our second piece comes from Paul Mabray, Chief Strategy Officer of VinTank: Digital Think Tank for the Wine Industry, highlighting the most promising mobile wine apps by category.
We regularly receive emails from readers asking a wide variety of questions, from "where can I get the wine you just reviewed" to "what wine goes with the deer by brother-in-law killed and insists on serving with Christmas dinner?"
Two different reviewers can give completely different descriptions of the same wine. So which one is right? Both? Neither? Actually, that is the wrong question. The better question is, "which one is right FOR ME?"
For the second year in a row, VinTank, the wine industry's digital think tank, has produced an incredible review of wine applications for digital devices.
Opens with promise but doesn’t follow through.
Potent and provocative, the scent of fermenting grapes saturated the air. Every step forward through the must of warm, soft, Pinot Noir grape clusters felt like trying to move quickly through a swimming pool with leg weights on. The cap was heavy and hard to stir. Yet we persevered, mixing the juice and cap to extract maximum color, flavor and tannin.
So don't judge a wine store by its wine. Judge a wine store by the man or woman behind the counter.