5. Three "wheres" to try wine by Douglas
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| Where to Taste Wine |
From least to most effective, here are three “wheres” for trying wine.
- What’s most fun is attending what I call a “Wineapalooza” tasting which many stores and restaurants stage periodically. What’s better than twenty or more wines and friendly staff members pouring for you? Well, they are fun, but definitely a case of quantity over quality. They can be too crowded, and don’t always offer food that will best accompany the wine.
- Or you can order a wine flight at a bar. This is a great step when you don’t want an entire bottle, or want to experiment. Typically, the bar will pair up wines with similar characteristics (for example, by variety, or by region). Or you might get the exact same wine and winemaker, but from three or four different vintages. This is a great way to compare and contrast!
- The best way to learn is with friends. Organize a tasting yourself! Invite some friends to your home, ask them each to bring a bottle from a particular country or variety. Then you can all sip, share and discuss. If you ask attendees to wrap their bottles in a paper bag, you can unveil them at the end of the evening. Was your favorite the most . . . or the least expensive?
Douglas Trapasso is based in Chicago and writes the Chicago Pinot 2.0 blog, which is available at
http://chicagopinot.wordpress.com/
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