Oenology

Oenology

Oenology points are gained when you recognise a wine flavor that you havent tasted before. You can get one oenology point for every flavor, plus one if you are using a high quality wine glass. A high oenology score allows you to determine the flavor of a wine more accurately. Perception points are gained at 7, 49 and 243 Oenology.

Wine Tasting Messages

Oenology Skill Level	Tasting Message
0-31	You taste the wine, and detect:
32-63	You're really starting to enjoy the wine. You swirl the glass, sniff, and take a sip. You detect:
64-127	You raise the glass, admire the wine's color, sample the aromas, and taste. You detect:
128 - 164?	You close your eyes and inhale deeply, drinking in every nuance of the wine's subtlearomas. You detect:
165?-200?	This wine takes you back to your days as a youth, and reminds you of the rugged outdoors. You detect:
201-249	This wine is like a spoiled child. It deserves to be spanked. You look around with disdain at those less discerning, inhale, and detect:
250-?	This designer wine wears it's flavors like an Armani Suit. You snarl at those around you.

Wine Requirements for Oenology Points

Oenology Skill Level	Alcohol requirement for point raise
0-6	0% Alcohol
7-39	1% Alcohol
40-89	3% Alcohol
90-140	5% Alcohol
141-189	7% Alcohol
190-239	9% Alcohol
240-?	10% Alcohol

Wine Glasses

High quality wine glasses have a chance of giving you an additional oenology point when tasting wine (i have never gotten more than 1 extra, using 7-8K glasses). Even when drinking a wine, from which you have previously gotten a point, there is still a chance you can get another.

Taste Categories

Before a certain level of Oenology (17~20), one can only taste the basic category...Nutty, Fruity, etc.

Taste Category	Primary Tastes	Secondary Tastes
Nutty	Walnut
	Hazelnut
	Almond
Carmelized	Molasses
	Chocolate
	Soy Sauce
	Honey
	Butterscotch
	Butter
Woody	Burned	Smokey, Burnt Toast, Coffee
	Resinous	Cedar, Oak
	Phenolic	Vanilla
Fruity	Dried Fruit	Raisin, Prune, Fig, Strawberry Jam
	Tropical Fruit	Banana, Melon, Pineapple
	Tree Fruit	Apple, Peach, Apricot, Cherry
	Berry	Strawberry, Cassis, Blackberry, Raspberry
	Citrus	Grapefruit, Lemon
	Odd Fruit	Artificial Fruit
Earthy	Moldy	Mildew
	Dusty
	Mushroom
Spicy	Cloves
	Black Pepper
	Licorice
Floral	Violet
	Geranium
	Rose
	Orange Blossom
	Linalool
Vegetal	Dried	Tea, Tobacco, Straw
	Fresh	Grass, Mint, Bell Pepper, Eucalyptus
	Cooked	Green Olive, Black Olive, Artichoke, Green Beans
Pungent	Hot	Alcohol
	Cool	Menthol
		Sharp Sulfur
Oxidized	Acetaldehyde
Microbiological	Lactic	Sauerkraut
	Animal	Mousey
Chemical		Petroleum

Mixing Grapes

Mixing similar grapes from two different regions can give interesting results. On Rehpic's suggestion, I found out that mixing 2 different grapes on various ratios can give many different flavors (even if they are both Fruity). At Oenology ~10 I have been able to detectthree different wines from just these two sets of grapes.

Since 50 grapes are required to make one bottle of wine, mixing the different ratios of 5 is what I've been doing. So when trading I try to get 50 grapes (to find out what the new grape by itself gives) plus 225 grapes per grape line that I want to mix with. The 225 grapes when combined in the different ratios with another 225 grapes will give 9 bottles of wine. This works out nice since 500 grapes is perfect if you happen to be growing 2 sets of grapes on your own.

- Shinjin

I think the grape mixing is most effective when the regions are far apart - Calqu

See also: Wine, gastronomy, beer tasting, fumeology