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There is this winery about 10 miles from my house, and my wife and I stopped in there yesterday for the first time ever. We picked up a bottle of their blackberry wine, and some of their hard cider they just started making. In the winery, there was a tasting bar. We are wine STUPID...
before we go back next weekend for a tasting, got any tips? do's and don'ts? They charge $5 for 8 tastings. Is this normal? Never thought they would charge for people to taste their wines.
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I've done the Napa/Sonoma thing a few times.
They all charge and you usually get to keep your glass.
I don't even drink and had fun. 
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you will have a good time.
when you go in, tell them this will be your first time. they will lead you from there on how they about it.
it is great fun, for a couple, or even a small party of ppl to try. a group of friends.
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We did a cool bicycle tour once. I think it was 4 wineries with nice lunch stop. I forget how much it was, but it was worth it. By the end of the day I knew infinitely more about wine than when we started.
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Awesome!
Wine tasting/tours are a lot of fun!
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you will have a good time.
when you go in, tell them this will be your first time. they will lead you from there on how they about it.
it is great fun, for a couple, or even a small party of ppl to try. a group of friends.
this. and don't worry about what you're supposed to like, just try stuff and see what YOU enjoy. my husband and I did one at Adirondack Winery last year and found several wonderful selections.
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I will need to turn in my man card after telling you this... but I like fruity wines, like blackberry, blueberry, strawberry... stuff thats sweet
I guess more like dessert wines?
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tsingtao2 posted:
I will need to turn in my man card after telling you this... but I like fruity wines, like blackberry, blueberry, strawberry... stuff thats sweet
I guess more like dessert wines?
I'm a woman, but I like those kinds of wines, too, and so does my husband. Unfortunately, I'm allergic to red wine, but the sweeter whites (Gewurtztraminer, Riesling, some ice wines) are my favorites.
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I only like fruity wines also  I mainly drink blushes
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I was in Napa with friends two weeks ago...all of our tastings were free...because both of them are chefs at restaurants in the area. One is a sous chef, his fiance is a chef de partie.
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drink what you like. drinking something you dont like, to try to fit in with others, is really dumb.
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at tastings you don't swallow
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Jezza_Belle posted:
at tastings you don't swallow
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if someone says "it has good legs" that is the visible drip down the inside of the glass, it doesn't come down in one sheet like you'd expect, it comes down in narrow "legs".
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the_great_intex posted:
I only like fruity wines also I mainly drink blushes
I prefer the sweeter stuff too. 
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Have a good time, it is fun, just don't go hog wild.
Buy a bottle at a time from each of the different wineries to take home, or two if you get one white and one red..
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Amateur wine tasting is ok as long as you realize serious wine tasting hobbyists are smarmy fun-suckers.
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Amateur wine tasting is ok as long as you realize serious wine tasting hobbyists are smarmy fun-suckers.
Its like they taste test my soul.
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Just make up stuff for your comments and you'll be golden. As long as you can sell what you're saying
"Ah this is very dry with a smoked almond finish"
"Ah this is very hearty with a hint of maple"
"Mmm yes this reminds me of a local wine that I tasted while backpacking in Argentina, except they grew their grapes with the tears of virgins and used an ancient recipe guarded by the local militia"
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tsingtao2 posted:
I will need to turn in my man card after telling you this... but I like fruity wines, like blackberry, blueberry, strawberry... stuff thats sweet
I guess more like dessert wines?
i don't want to suggest that you're a woman but..
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Caoilin posted:
tsingtao2 posted:
I will need to turn in my man card after telling you this... but I like fruity wines, like blackberry, blueberry, strawberry... stuff thats sweet
I guess more like dessert wines?
i don't want to suggest that you're a woman but..
I am a bourbon and tequila kind of guy, wine is foreign to me.
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Typically wineries around here will charge you for a tasting, but waive the fee if you purchase something.
You'll want to taste like this:
1. Grab the glass and stick your nose in it. Sniff a couple of times and get the scent of the nose of the wine.
2. Swirl the glass a bit to aerate the wine, and then put your nose in again. This will change the scent of the wine (and is called the 'bouquet').
3. Take a small sip of the wine and let it sit or swish it lightly around your mouth, then swallow. Don't act like you're gargling mouthwash. This will give you a good feel for the wine's flavor and finish. Wait a bit for the taste to leave your mouth so you get a good idea of all the flavors of the wine.
4. Finish the rest of the sample at your leisure, or pour the rest out. I know this is counter-intuitive, but if you've got several wineries to visit and you drink all the samples you get, by the end you'll be far too buzzed to care about actually tasting the wine and just down it.
Wineries usually have water and palate-clearing crackers on the tasting counter; you'll want to have a cracker and a bit of water in your glass periodically when tasting reds, and always before switching from red to white and vice-versa.
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Typically wineries around here will charge you for a tasting, but waive the fee if you purchase something.
You'll want to taste like this:
1. Grab the glass and stick your nose in it. Sniff a couple of times and get the scent of the nose of the wine.
2. Swirl the glass a bit to aerate the wine, and then put your nose in again. This will change the scent of the wine (and is called the 'bouquet').
3. Take a small sip of the wine and let it sit or swish it lightly around your mouth, then swallow. Don't act like you're gargling mouthwash. This will give you a good feel for the wine's flavor and finish. Wait a bit for the taste to leave your mouth so you get a good idea of all the flavors of the wine.
4. Finish the rest of the sample at your leisure, or pour the rest out. I know this is counter-intuitive, but if you've got several wineries to visit and you drink all the samples you get, by the end you'll be far too buzzed to care about actually tasting the wine and just down it.
Wineries usually have water and palate-clearing crackers on the tasting counter; you'll want to have a cracker and a bit of water in your glass periodically when tasting reds, and always before switching from red to white and vice-versa.
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Came to post something like this, but DE covers it quite well. 
THIS.
(and yes some wineries will have free tastings, but around the $5.00 mark is the norm for a tasting, and usually includes 3-6 different wines)
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Just make up stuff for your comments and you'll be golden. As long as you can sell what you're saying
"Ah this is very dry with a smoked almond finish"
"Ah this is very hearty with a hint of maple"
"Mmm yes this reminds me of a local wine that I tasted while backpacking in Argentina, except they grew their grapes with the tears of virgins and used an ancient recipe guarded by the local militia"
this i love the look wine snobs get when you tell them stuff like this
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DunesVladHarkonnen posted:
(and yes some wineries will have free tastings, but around the $5.00 mark is the norm for a tasting, and usually includes 3-6 different wines)
This is why I say - make friends with chefs that are local to the wineries.
Then go with them to the tastings.
In Napa, at least, if you're a local chef - tastings are free, and wines are discounted.
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you know how when you drink beer, you taste certain ingredients?
wine has flavors upon flavors also
cherry, citrus, green peppers, smoky oak. peach
all sorts of things.
had one the other day if you took a sniff, and thought about it, what you were smelling was leather.
its the same principle.
for your dessert wines, it will be is this too sweet for the flavor? not sweet enough? if i had this or that dessert, woudl this flavor get lost, or be too strong.
same as with a wine you sip alone or with food.
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think beer without the hops 
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jonus156 posted:
.-Vega-. posted:
Just make up stuff for your comments and you'll be golden. As long as you can sell what you're saying
"Ah this is very dry with a smoked almond finish"
"Ah this is very hearty with a hint of maple"
"Mmm yes this reminds me of a local wine that I tasted while backpacking in Argentina, except they grew their grapes with the tears of virgins and used an ancient recipe guarded by the local militia"
this i love the look wine snobs get when you tell them stuff like this
Use a fake English accent, that's what I hear in my head whenever I'm describing the taste of wine.
As much as my wife and I are wine snobs (she's been taking viticulture and winemaking classes, wants to start her own winery), I can't quite take it all seriously. It's all very...pinkie-up.
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-Foxy- posted:
you know how when you drink beer, you taste certain ingredients?
wine has flavors upon flavors also
cherry, citrus, green peppers, smoky oak. peach
all sorts of things.
had one the other day if you took a sniff, and thought about it, what you were smelling was leather.
its the same principle.
for your dessert wines, it will be is this too sweet for the flavor? not sweet enough? if i had this or that dessert, woudl this flavor get lost, or be too strong.
same as with a wine you sip alone or with food.
/shrug
think beer without the hops
Yeah but when you're drinking beer you're drinking beer, not molesting it in your mouth and writing poetry about it.
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but it is so goooood 
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I enjoy the fact that Foxy enjoys molesting beer AND wine in her mouth...
I have the strangest....
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