Jacques Puisais
{{Short description|French oenologist (1927–2020)}}
Jacques Puisais (8 June 1927 – 6 December 2020) was known worldwide as a French oenologist and taste philosopher.
Life and career
Puisais was born in Poitiers, France, on 8 June 1927. He held a PhD in chemistry, and directed the Laboratoire Départemental et Régional d'Analyses in Tours. Puisais started giving courses of taste education in 1964. He was a member of the INAO.
He created the [http://www.institutdugout.fr/ Institut Français du Goût] in 1976, in order to develop multidisciplinary research around taste and food sensitivity. Eager to introduce children to taste, Puisais developed a method of sensory awakening that has been used in classrooms since then.{{Cite web|url=http://www.institutdugout.fr/classe.htm |title= Classes du goût}}
His main book is "Le goût juste des vins et des plats", a bestseller published in 1985.{{Cite web | url=https://www.abebooks.com/9782082000567/gou%CC%82t-juste-vins-plats-PRATIQUE-2082000567/plp | title=9782082000567: Gout juste des vins et des plats (Le) (PRATIQUE (A)) - AbeBooks - Puisais Jacques: 2082000567 }}
He died from COVID-19 on 6 December 2020, at the age of 93.[https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/tours/indre-et-loire-jacques-puisais-l-epicurien-est-decede Indre-et-Loire : Jacques Puisais l'épicurien est décédé]
See also
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