On Dec 8, 8:16*am, notbob > wrote:
> On 2008-12-08, Monsignor Tartarus Sanctus > wrote:
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> > The wife and I had a salad with apples, cranberries, fennel and star
> > anise. After chewing on a seed from the star anise....
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> Fennel and anise are not licorice.

Star anise tasted like licorice.

> > a really big fruit forward zinfandel....
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> What is "fruit forward" as opposed to fruit backward?

Fruit forward is a term that means the wine has been made to emphasize
the fruit taste. Many California winemakers make wine in this style,
while French winemakers using the same grape produce wines that are
drier and emphasize the fruit flavors less. I have never heard the
term fruit backward.

Tartarus