-
Join 1,312 other subscribers
Subscribe to the RSS feed
-
Latest Posts
Post Themes
- Blind Tasting (41)
- Jargon Buster (11)
- Oxford Wine Events (27)
- Suggested Wines (27)
- Uncategorized (6)
- Winemaking (14)
- Wines by Region (57)
- Acids in wine
- Alsace
- Australia
- Australian wine
- Australian wines
- Barossa Valley
- Blind tasting
- Blind tasting competition
- Bordeaux
- Bricco Rosso
- Burgundy wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- California
- Californian wines
- Champagne
- chardonnay
- Chateau La Nerthe
- Chateauneuf du Pape
- Chenin Blanc
- Chianti
- Decanter
- Dessert wine
- Fortified wine
- French wine
- Gamay
- German wine
- Gewürztraminer
- Grenache
- Italian wine
- Italy
- Jancis Robinson
- List of grape varieties
- Marlborough
- Merlot
- Mourvedre
- Muscat
- New World wines
- New Zealand
- New Zealand wine
- Oak
- Oxford
- Oxford University
- Pauillac
- Pinot Noir
- Pol Roger
- prosecco
- Red wine
- riesling
- Sauternes
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Semillon
- Shiraz
- South African wines
- Southern Rhone
- Sparkling wine
- Summertown Wine Cafe
- summer wines
- super-Tuscan
- Sweetness of wine
- Syrah
- travel
- Tuscany
- White wine
- Wine
- Wine & Food
- Wine analysis
- Wine education
- Wine jargon
- Winemaking
- Wine tasting
- Wine tasting descriptors
- Wine terms
- Wine vocabulary
- Wine words
- Zinfandel
James Flewellen – twitter
Tweets by JamesFlewellen
Tag Archives: olfactory bulb
How we perceive wine
Our sense of taste arises from specialized sensory cells in taste buds on the tongue, palate, soft palate, and in the throat. There are around 5,000 taste buds in the mouth, each with 50-100 sensory cells or chemoreceptors. These sensory … Continue reading
The Oxford Wine Blog 