Simone Rotella
There is something about wine experts that rubs people the wrong way. Wine tasting has become the epitome of a privileged elite who spend their days nose deep in a glass of swirling pinot noir. This negative view of wine experts isn’t only misguided, but part of a general devaluation of our sense of smell.
Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle wrote that “our sense of smell is not accurate but worse than many animals. For man smells poorly.” The human ability to smell is still thought of as weak. A UK survey showed it was seen as the…
