My personal experience with wine is not that extensive so
far. I have had very dry white wine because that’s what my roommate likes, and
I really didn’t like it. I have had sips of red wine which I liked much better
since it was fruitier (and the reds were less dry so I might have favored them because
of that and not the fruitiness). I have had a rose and I don’t really remember what
it tasted like but I remember that it tasted better than my roommate’s dry
white (anything and everything tastes better than that)! I’ve had champagne at
new years and didn’t hate it, but I had it with sweet chocolate truffles which
made the champagne taste bitterer than it was supposed to. I think if I had
champagne with something that it was supposed to be paired with, then it would taste
better.
I don’t drink wine that much. I am more exposed to hard
ciders and mixed drinks (sissy, I know). But I have a more sensitive taste so I
like things that aren’t too bitter or dry. I would have drunken more
sweet/fruity wines (because I know I’d enjoy those), but I haven’t known how to
find wines that will be sweet enough, fruity enough, not too dry (or not dry at
all if that’s possible), what to pair the wine with to make both the food and
the wine taste better, etc. So I just never got into wine since I didn’t
understand it.
This brings me to what I want to learn. I want to know
everything I can know. I used to work in a winery as a cashier when I was a
teenager so I am familiar with a lot of wine terminology, but I understand none
of it. I want to know enough about wines to walk into a store and pick a bottle
of wine that I know I’ll enjoy. I want to know the quality difference(s)
between a bottle of wine that’s $10 and a bottle that’s $60. I want to know
what food I have at home to make dinner and be able to get a wine that will
pair with the food to make one cohesive meal. I think that this course can help
me accomplish these things if I pay enough attention.
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