Perspective: Can you really taste those super-specific notes in wine? One writer went under hypnosis to find out.
Clinical hypnosis can get the rational mind out of the way, removing barriers to change.
Wait … oh, hell, sure, yeah, honeysuckle, I think so, whatever. Refill my glass, please, and I’ll try to smell the litchi.One evening, while gloomily making notes in my wine journal, I got to thinking. How can I get past that sensory true-false test of learning wine, but enjoy it more? While under hypnosis, I experienced the same merlot whose profuse tasting notes I cited above. As I took in the aromas with my frontal cortex on leave, I imagined … a wooden trellis climbing up the side of the glass, entwined with red licorice candy, leading directly up my nose.
The funny thing is, none of these sensory observations is that far off from what the wine expertocracy expresses.