I've been having a ball drinking various wines, learning as much as I can, relating my experiences living in Spain to a group of wine aficionados who relate their experiences in France, in Germany, Italy, and all up and down the west coast. I drink garnacha by preference, blends for variety, and quite a few Spanish wines because the value lets me stock up on those. I used to drink Yellow Tail (hey, variety, color coding, cheap, available everywhere) because that's all I had really had - under $10 wines. And they are good for what they are - enjoyable, nice wines.
But, I've been taking quite a few classes (really because we drink 5 to 6 wines I'd never buy otherwise, too expensive to try blindly!) and learning about layers, complexity, New World (tastes like fruit), Old World (smells like barnyards, and we know what that's a euphemism for...) and things like balance, legs, acidity, mouth feel and all the rest.
One of my friends notes that her measure is "yummy" and affordable. She probably has it as right as any of the wine snobs. Or our sommelier. Or anyone else in the class or the store. I like wine, and I'm having fun drinking it. I'm also trying to write about it, to share my evaluations, and even more to remember what I've had, what I like, and what I'd like to buy again. I hope you find this useful and fun. I do!
But, I've been taking quite a few classes (really because we drink 5 to 6 wines I'd never buy otherwise, too expensive to try blindly!) and learning about layers, complexity, New World (tastes like fruit), Old World (smells like barnyards, and we know what that's a euphemism for...) and things like balance, legs, acidity, mouth feel and all the rest.
One of my friends notes that her measure is "yummy" and affordable. She probably has it as right as any of the wine snobs. Or our sommelier. Or anyone else in the class or the store. I like wine, and I'm having fun drinking it. I'm also trying to write about it, to share my evaluations, and even more to remember what I've had, what I like, and what I'd like to buy again. I hope you find this useful and fun. I do!
