5.13.2009

AS LONG AS IT GETS ME DRUNK

A six-year long, $12 million study of New Zealand’s wines had discovered that one of the core aromas of their most popular wines is the smell of cat pee. "We're talking about parts per billion, very tiny amounts to make the wine more complex and interesting,'' explained so-called wine connoisseur Sue Blackmore. “If you had a whole lot of the compounds that give you cat’s pee it obviously wouldn’t be great but it’s amazing what a little can do.’’ (News.com.au)

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