| Begin Your Wine Education With Baby Steps | | | | By: Kent Benson | << back  Page 2 of 2 |
The better wine sites will have fact sheets and tasting notes for each of the wines they produce. For the most part, you can skip the “Growing Season” and “Vintage” reports for now. They will add little to your appreciation and enjoyment of the wine.
However, pay close attention to the “Tasting Notes” and “Fact Sheet”. Here is where you can learn something about your wine and wines in general.
Read about how the wine was made, sometimes labeled, “Viniculture”, “Vinification”, or “Wine Makers Notes.” Grab your handy wine reference and look up any terms you don’t understand. Soon these terms will become common knowledge to you.
Read the tasting notes, which will tell you a lot about the aromas, tastes, and mouth feel to expect. When you smell and taste the wine try to detect the attributes listed in the tasting notes.
Don’t be surprised if you only detect one of the aromas or tastes among the many listed. It takes time to develop your senses of smell and taste. You will get better at it. As you do, your appreciation of each new wine will grow.
Follow these simple suggestions and you’ll be on your way to a lifetime of wine enjoyment.
About the Author:
Kent Benson is a Certified Specialist of Wine and operates Swirl Wine School & Tastings in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Swirl provides wine classes for consumers and trade members, and wine tasting services for private parties and wine tasting clubs in the Central Minnesota area.
Website URL: webpages.charter.net/swirl
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