Learning About Wines

Welcome to Vine to Wine this is your host Linda Moran. If you're becoming more interested in wine, I'd recommend reading about it as well as tasting it. The understanding gained by this, helps you to sharpen your tasting palette. By understanding more about what you're looking for in your glass of wine I think you will no doubt enjoy wine even more. The topic of wine is vast and the number of places to find information about wine is astounding. But to begin with I think that you need to narrow it down to what interests you. I usually recommend people read about a wine they've enjoyed, something memorable. It's pretty easy to do an internet search to find the wine and then follow the questions that arise from there. For example – you really like Syrah. So go to the internet and see if you can find out about some of the Syrah you've tasted and enjoyed. Hopefully this would lead you to ask - Where did Syrah originally come from? Is it made differently in different parts of the world? Also, even if you don't consider yourself a beginner, find a good book that's written for beginning wine tasters. I think it will surprise you just how much you learn or - just how much you only thought you knew. And the best thing about this research is that the wine you're drinking will actually become more interesting to you - and you will develop a more discerning palette. So take just a little time to study up and the world of wine will become that much more interesting, I promise. And thanks for joining me on today's Vine to Wine.