My Personal Experience with Wine Thus Far

Hello, and welcome to my first blog post.  Blogs are very foreign to me so let's just jump right into it and see how it goes.  I thoroughly enjoy wine, but am incredibly ignorant about it as a whole.  I acquired my taste for wine within the past couple years, either because I turned 21 or because I wanted to be "that guy," you know, the one who everyone is like, "Wow, he must be really sophisticated because he is drinking a glass of wine instead of pounding down shots of Aristocrat Vodka."

I started out by drinking small sips of white wines when I was younger during family get-togethers (yes, I was under 21, but my parents gave it to me, which makes it ok...right?...don't call the cops).  At that age though I thought even white wine was disgusting.  I couldn't see how anyone could ever drink it.  But slowly it grew on me, and last summer I took a summer study abroad trip to Italy where we visited multiple wineries, drank dozens of glasses of wine, and ate tons of bread and cheese with it too.  I learned a lot about wine and wine production during that trip as well as developed a much stronger palate for it, especially reds.  But I still didn't feel like I knew enough about it to make wise purchases on my own.

Since that trip I have visited many wine stores and done many wine tastings, trying to learn exactly what I do and don't like.  I now know, white is not my favorite.  I just don't feel like it has enough kick, it feels kind of bland or flat to me, and some are far too sweet.  But then again, maybe I'm just not picking out the right wines.  I have really learned to love red wines though, the bold, woody ones are my favorite, but I hate the feeling on my tongue when there is too much tannin.  I hope all that terminology made sense.

I'm very excited about taking this class.  Actually, I have been very excited about the idea of taking this class since my freshman year when one of my TAs told me about it.  I couldn't wait to learn about wines and being proper.  I want to know what foods go best with what wines, what kinds of wine come from what areas of the world, what glasses to use, how to hold those glasses, how to understand the aromas and flavours of the wine, and so much more.  I am stoked for this class and can't wait to see how much there is to learn.

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