Help navigating the wine store aisles
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 20:53 Despite the fact that I’ve had wine tasting classes and travelled the wine trails of Europe, you’d have to make a life of wine to know ‘what from what’ at the local wine store. I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for help.
The best part of the following list is the extra ‘tips’ that, in my experience, are very true.
At my house, I’ve poured wines and had folks really learn to open up the wine by swirling it in the glass, aerate it and then learn to actually taste a wine as it evolves with the food. They’ll think I’m just trying to be snotty at first, but then as we progress they begin to ‘get it’ … if they have a somewhat refined, educated palate. And, here’s my point, we all have the ability to ‘taste’ on a higher level, but must be practiced to achieve that. If that doesn’t interest you, don’t fake it. But if you are curious about it all, then take the time to put your assumptions aside and learn with an open mind.
The following cheat sheet is from Eat This, Not That :
Flavor Intensity: 1.5
119 calories
3 g carbohydrates
New World (recent producers): New Zealand
Old World (original sources): Loire, France
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