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бокал... )) Consider this simple treatise on the art of wine tasting, delivered by Max's friend Charlie over a glass of 1982 Leoville Barton shortly after he completed a wine-tasting course. Shorn of Charlie's comedic pretentiousness, it's not a bad tutorial: "Now it was time for Charlie's performance. 'There are five steps,' he said, reaching for the glass, 'that make all the difference between the art of drinking and the act of swallowing. ... First ... mental preparation.' He worshipped his glass for a few moments before raising it to the light. 'Next, the pleasure of the eyes.' He tilted the glass so that the differences in color could be seen - deep red at the bottom, fading into a lighter maroon at the top, with a rim that was faintly tinged with brown. 'Now for the nose.' He swirled the wine gently, opening it up to the air, before dipping his nose into the glass and inhaling. 'Ah,' he said with a slow smile, his eyes closed. 'Ah.'
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