First off, let me say that I in no way shape or form think I know anything to do with classifying, tasting, or what to look for when trying wines except for I know what I like and don't like. My experience with wine is extremely limited and why I'm excited to be in Geography of Wines this semester.
I can't remember when I first tried wine specifically, but it probably started with always getting champagne at New Year's and it was always such a dry taste that I hated it and informed my mom that every time until I could just buy my own. In my family, we all have particular tastes in wine based off of personal experiences: my mom like dry white wine, my sister is now into certain red wines, my other sister and dad don't even drink much wine, and I, being new to the culture, go for sweet white wine like Riesling or Spumante champagne. I think red wines are gross every time i try it, but hopefully this class will give me a taste and appreciation for it.
I have been to one winery for an actual tasting too, and it was really cool and I would love to go again! It was at the Versailles Winery.... in Ohio (pronounced as seen, not like the fancy French place). It was essentially a winery in a corn field which was funny, but actually had a ton of diverse wines. White, Red, Blush, sweet, dry, even wines made from fruit and other stuff. The worst being a wine made from maple syrup and was disgustingly too sweet even for my taste. However the sparkling fruit wines were really good and it was my first experience with blush wine. I tried a blueberry wine, a blush, an apple wine, and two others I don't remember. Anyway, this was my first foray into tasting lots of different types of wines and the main backing for my choices of wines today. I had no idea what I was doing except to taste like all of them and pick which tasted best.
Here's a picture of me and my cousin during the tasting!
I like to try to impress people when trying new wines by saying things like "this has a nice full flavor" or stuff like that, but I have no idea what I actually mean by that and as long as people don't call me out, I just go with it! So during this class I would love to actually know what that means as well as what other things to look for and the right vocabulary to use especially because drinking wine is so commonplace in my family. I also want to learn like what temperature to serve wine at and what foods pair well so I can be super fancy.
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