The sense of taste (also gustatory from the Latin gustare = to savour, to taste) serves to control the food we eat. Like smell, it is one of the chemical senses. In a broader sense, the sense of taste is a complex interplay of the gustatory (tasting) sense of taste and the olfactory (smelling) sense of smell. This is supplemented by tactile or trigeminal tactile, pain and temperature information from the oral cavity. The latter includes the sensations of pungent (hot) and astringent (effect of tannin-rich red wines, not to be confused with bitter). In a narrower sense, however, taste consists of relatively few flavours that are absorbed via the tongue and partly also via the pharyngeal mucosa.
wein.plus is a handy, efficient guide to a quick overview of the colourful world of wines, winegrowers and grape varieties. In Wine lexicon, the most comprehensive of its kind in the world, you will find around 26,000 keywords on the subject of grape varieties, wineries, wine-growing regions and much more.
Roman Horvath MW
Domäne Wachau (Wachau)