“Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” – that is
all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
John Keats (1820)
I found myself looking for a bouquet of flowers on a rainy
Saturday recently. As I was leaving the
flower shop, I paused and pondered why I would go through the trouble of walking in the pouring
rain to purchase flowers. It wasn't a
birthday or party evening. Beauty has a
way with attraction.
Beauty rarely
appears in wine writing. Perhaps,
seeking truth in wine is seeking beauty.
And perhaps, that is what John Keats was writing about.
In France
Some enologists believe roses are planted to indicate health of vines. Since roses are sensitive to
diseases, the roses would be an early detector of potential ills of vines.
Some wine lovers
believe roses are planted at the beginning of each row of vines because the
roses are beautiful.
