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Build a Blind Tasting Collection for Wine Study!
Every month I keep inventory at my own house for my own “cellar” (a full wine rack tagged and organized by country) and I have a system for pulling and adding new wines for blind tasting. You can follow this system to build up an evolving collection of wines for blind...
A Guide to Obscure Tasting Notes
Where do flavor descriptors like “pencil shavings,” “graphite,” or “pencil lead” come from? The truth is not as weird as you think. No, you don’t have to break out the pencil sharpener to understand better where these obscure notes come from. That’s a good thing...
Cheap vs Expensive Wines: Can you taste the difference?
What makes expensive wines different than inexpensive wines? That is the "million-dollar" question. (I get asked often!) This month I lined up a $6 Shiraz vs a $50 Shiraz to point out some pretty common benchmarks (things to look out for) when tasting a 'bargain'...
Blind Tasting for “Fruit Condition” – what does this mean?
Blind Tasting tip I’ve heard… "With red wines, if you don't know, Just say 'Cherry', and you're never wrong!" I got this when I started tasting years ago, and I laugh, but also somewhat agree. I think you can get 'cherry' aromas/flavors in most red wines. However, I...
Blind Tasting: Tips for calibrating your palate!
With the start of Tasting Group, I wanted to hone in on some things I've learned in the process of blind tasting over the past 10 years! It's not necessary to be able to identify a wine BLIND in many life settings outside of a wine exam. However, learning blind...
A Guide to Wine Flavors, Flaws, and Faults
FLAVORS, FLAWS, + FAULTS: What are they and where do they come from? There are loads of chemical compounds in winemaking that lead to a lot of the aromas and flavors we pull from wine. Usually, fermentation transforms these compounds into wonderful flavors. However,...
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