Supports a structured but non-prescriptive tasting method; it is pedagogical guidance rather than a validated sensory protocol.
The method includes aroma, texture, temporal change, persistence, and surprise rather than only a descriptor list.
Robinson structures tasting as the nose's promise, the palate's present experience, and the finish's memory, then advises recording one's own sensory response before consulting external tasting notes.
Replacement PDF 149; ebook 115
Replacement PDF 147; ebook 113
Class Two — A Tasting in Three Parts
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Robinson structures tasting as the nose's promise, the palate's present experience, and the finish's memory, then advises recording one's own sensory response before consulting external tasting notes.
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Complete replacement PDF 147–149; displayed ebook 113–115. Supports a structured but non-prescriptive tasting method; it is pedagogical guidance rather than a validated sensory protocol.
Verified as a faithful paraphrase of Robinson's 2019 text; not independent verification of the underlying claim. The source-level critique in Production systems, sensory method, and American craft — Robinson applies.