The analogy of wine tasting is used by Eisner ( 1975) to show how one must
have many experiences to be able to distinguish what is significant about a wine,
using a set of techniques to discern qualities such as body, color, bite, bouquet, flavor,
and aftertaste, to judge its overall quality. The connoisseur's refined palate and
gustatory memory of other wines tasted is what enables him or her to distinguish
subtle qualities lost on an ordinary drinker of wine and to render judgments rather
than mere preferences. Connoisseurs exist in all realms of life, not solely the gustatory
or artistic. Eisner describes a good coach as a connoisseur of the game who, when
watching others at the sport, can recognize subtleties that those with less experience
would miss: "We see it displayed in blazing glory in watching a first-rate basketball
coach analyze the strengths of the opponents, their weaknesses, as well as the
strengths and weaknesses of the team that he or she is coaching’,(2004, p. 198).