W.W.I.H.

Two wine words I hate (W.W.I.H.):

1. Quaff, quaffable, quaffer*
2. Cloying

*Although I must admit to being guilty of using it in the past.  I'm working on some replacement words: gulp, swill, imbibe, guzzle, DRINK.

So tell me what wine words do you hate??

Comments

[Alison]

Heady.

[beau]

Can you use that adjective in a sentence madame? :)

[Lenn]

I too hate "quaffable"...I just call it "gulpable"...what non-wine snob uses "quaffable"!?!?!

I'm going to refrain from suggesting any others though...for fear that I may be caught having used them in the past myself!

[beau]

I dig gulpable. I thought of another WWIH: "Structure"

[Lenn]

I can hop on the anti-"structure" bandwagon...and I can say proudly that I do NOT use that word in my reviews...on LENNDEVOURS or in print.

I don't use "bramble" either...but that's just because I've never had anyone I'm tasting with help me identify it. Unlike some wine writers...I won't use a word if I don't know what it means/smells/tastes like. At least I feel like some writers do that!

[Alison]

You know, I'm not sure I *can* use that adjective in a sentence. It just reminds me of people mocking wine snobs. "Heady, yet unpretentious..." and that kind of blather.

[Culinary Fool]

Uh oh. Sorry to put you through the agony of reading that "c" word in my WBW#11 post!

Unfortunately I have to disagree with you on point 2 - although I'm completely with you on 1. I think the "c" word is a perfect description of a wine that just holds on too long - just like a sugary southern belle. :-)

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