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What would you be interested in learning if you were attending a wine tasting seminar?
I am attempting to plan a "wine lovers weekend" at a local resort, and would love some input on what folks truly would like to learn. Your thoughts are appreciated!
Public Comments
- Which wine would give me a better buzz.
- Besides the basics (such as differences between a red or a white, etc), I found during an Ice Wine festival that discussing the type of wood barrel it was aged in helped to accent spices and flavors on the tongue. Its all about the details of where the flavor, and describing why it has that taste that is important. I didn't know much about red wines, and thought I didn't like them, but perhaps it was all the sweetness from the ice wines along with the very clear descriptions of what flavors I would be tasting that has now made me a fan.
- see if amy of them can explain where the hints of rasberry and blueberry, or ash oak and vanilla and jasmine flavors come from, it is usually interesting to listen to them BS their way through it
- I went to one that did different wines with foods. It really taught me how to pair a wine with food for different types of dinner parties. They told us why I would want to choose one wine for fish and maybe another for beef. They kept history and growing process simple and brief, because we weren't actually at the winery. The information has been invaluable to me. Maybe just a small overview of tannins and health benefits.
- People are always shy about asking questions, so let them write them down on 3x5 cards and hand them in. Give a prize to the best question. A way to release anxiety about describing a wine is to use the analogy of famous people to describe the wine... ask the group, is this wine more like Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr? Then ask why, this releases a lot of information. Pour 3 types of wine that have a lot of differences. Play 3 short pieces of music. Have the group match the wine to the music. A good discussion will happen. Then narrow the differences, like make them all Chardonnay, but 3 different styles. Narrow the choices on the music. Most people will still be able to easily match the music to the wine, and it will increase their ability to make fine discernments about the wine.
