I love wine. It is just that simple, I love it. It is the reason I chose this class. I used to absolutely despise wine and refused to drink the awful substance. Then, I went to Italy... How can you not LOVE wine after Italy? I guess I lied, I liked wine before Italy, Moscato, which doesn't count. It tastes like fancy sparkling grape juice and I genuinely thought that was good wine. Well, now I definitely have a different perspective and a drastically different taste for wine.
My mother and I go to many different wineries and brewery's around Virginia. My mom hasn't gone to Italy yet, so she only likes the dessert wines and who would have guessed it... Moscato. I would say I have become much more drawn towards the drier wines and red wines. I don't really know when my palate changed, but I finally learned what that word meant after Italy so, I make sure to use it in every wine tasting I go to so that I sound intelligent. I really want to actually know the words I need to use in tastings and how to actually talk with people about wine intelligently.
I definitely learned to appreciate wine a lot more after being in Italy and going to a vineyard for an entire day where we got the full tour. I thought it was amazing how much care and detail must be taken to produce the grapes and get the specific flavor from each one to produce that precious substance we Americans take for granted. Wine is one of the only "drinks" I drink to actually enjoy and I think that it has always been intended for that purpose.
I would like to learn more about the process of the actual wine-making process and the different varieties of grapes. I think this class will be such a great experience and really help me love wine even more.
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