As far as wine goes, I'm a novice. I didn't grow up sharing wine with my parents at the dinner table, my hometown and university town in Colorado had a dominant craft beer culture, and I didn't have a very refined taste in alcoholic beverages in general until I moved to Oregon. There, I started making an actual salary, and with Portland's proximity to amazing wineries in Dundee, my friends and I went to wine tastings. I began developing a sense of what categories of wines I enjoyed and why I enjoyed them.
However, at every single wine tasting I've been to, whether in Oregon or in California, I'm baffled by the array of flavors, notes, finishes, and more the sommelier tells me I should be experiencing. It's as though the process of tasting a wine can be likened to the experience of witnessing a grand theater performance, or listening to an elaborately crafted story. I would love to be able to experience wine in such a rich and beautiful way, and to do so, I believe I need context. A better understanding of the differences between different types of wine, the environments from which they originate, and the economics of the wine industry as a whole will help me to develop the deeper appreciation of wine that I seek.
Plus, weekly wine tastings can never hurt.
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