Definition: Palate Fatigue
When tasting lots on wine consecutively, if all of a sudden, all of the wines you've been sampling seem to taste the same. Then you may be experiencing palate fatigue. Most wine lovers assume that it occurs when your nose and taste buds get tired. But researchers believe it's your brain, not your palate, that's growing weary. So if you're ever trying a few wines and you find them beginning to all taste alike, take a break, walk around, and let your mind rest for a few minutes. When you go back to tasting, your palate will be as good as new. Source: Wine Lover's 2012 Calendar (Page a Day Calendar) Browse the glossary:
Acidity
Ah-So
Ancient Vines
Arneis
Aroma
Assyrtiko
Auslese
AVA or appellation
Balance
Barbera
Barrique
Beaujolais
Beaujolais Nouveau
Beerenauslese
Big
Blanc de Blanc
Body
Bonded Winery
Bouquet
Brambly
Brett or Brettanomyces
Bricco
Brix
Brut
Carmenère
Cava
Cepage
Chai
Chaptalization
Claret
Cluster
Complex
Cork
Cork taint
Cork-tease
Crianza
Cult Wines
Cuvee
Decant; Decanting
Declassify
Denominazione di Origine Controllata
Disgorgement
Dosage
Dumb Wine or Dumb Phase
Durif
Earthy
Eiswein
Elegant
Enophile
Estate Bottled
Extra Dry
Fat
Federspiel
Fermentation
Filtering
Fining
Finish
Flabby
Fruit Forward
Fumé Blanc
Garnacha
Gewürztraminer
Grenache
Hogshead
Hot
House Wine
Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT)
Jug Wine(s)
Kabinett
Lagrein
Lees
Left Bank
Malolactic Fermentation
Mataro
Mencia
Meritage
Microbullage
Minerality
Monastrell
Monopole
Mourvedre
Muscadet
Muselet
Negociant
Nose
Oenophile
Off-dry
Old Vines
Oxidation
Palate
Palate Fatigue
Petit Verdot
Phylloxera
Pinot Blanc
Pinotage
Plonk
Pomace
Pouilly-Fuissé
Primitivo
Punch down
Punt
Qualitätswein mit Prädikat
Qualitätswein or QbA
Racking
Racy
Refractometer
Resveratrol
Right Bank
Roussanne
Sangiovese
Sec
Sémillon
Smaragd
Soave
Sommelier
Spätlese
Sticky
Super Tuscan
Sur Lie
Table Wine
Tannin
Tastevin
Tempranillo
Terroir
Tinta Roriz
Trocken
Trockenbeerenauslese
Ullage
Veraison
Vieilles Vignes
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Vintage
Vintner
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