I ain't askin -- I'm tellin!

The wife and I had a salad with apples, cranberries, fennel and star
anise. After chewing on a seed from the star anise, I took a drink of
a really big fruit forward zinfandel from Tierra Encantada, and ya
know what? It works beautifully! Just to make sure I wasn't fooling
myself, I had her do the same, and she agreed 100%.

I am interested to know what y'all think.

Tartarus