Hey everyone, welcome to my new wine blog where you can keep up with all of my wine endeavors and attempted critiques for the spring 2013 Geography of Wine class. Before you start reading my rookie wine reviews I should probably fill you in on my history with the drink, or lack there of. As a college student I've sampled my fair share of alcoholic drinks over the last two and a half years but wine is that one category that always seemed to elude me.
There's just something about it that I've always found off-putting, but most likely I just haven't found what I like yet. With so many grape varieties and processing methods it's near impossible to find two alike wines. My pallet has only had the displeasure of sampling some of the lower, or maybe even lowest, shelf wines and wine products. The only wine I can cross off my list are MD 20/20, Franzia, and whatever really strong red wine my family had for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner this past holiday season.
So thus far I haven't quite found anything I particularly fancy. I've only really drank wine is social settings, whether that be at a party of a family gathering. It's interesting because when I asked my mom about the holiday dinner wine selection she said something along the lines of "oh I thought we'd try to be a little fancy." Sounds a lot like something Professor Boyer said on the first day of class.
I'm really excited to take this class so I can learn all about wine, allowing me to talk the talk and drink the drink. It's one of those topics I feel everyone should be somewhat educated in since its playing a larger role in social settings in today's world. I'm hoping to be able to identify wines from their smell and taste and more importantly, find a wine I like! Hopefully I can build up my wine repertoire and be a pseudo-expert by semesters end. Happy tasting!
