Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners were always special in our family because we had our cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents all come over for the holiday. All of that was great, including the food, but even as children we were allowed to have a glass of wine with dinner. This is where I was introduced to wine and where I grew a fondness for it. I grew up in a family that enjoys wine with meals on a daily basis and not only enjoys drinking it, but also learning about where it came from, how to cook with it and what to eat it with.
I have enjoyed drinking wine up until this point in my life, but I have already learned that I never correctly tasted wine. I would just drink what I thought tasted good and would never analyze the smell, body, color or taste. Sweet and moderately sweet wines are what I typically enjoy the most, but there are wines that I think are too sweet. Usually I tend to like white wines more than red wines, but that may also be because I have not had enough red wines to know if I really do not like them. My mom is a huge fan of extremely dry red wines so that turned me off to red wines in general.
In this class I am excited to be able to taste a lot of different wines to be able to expand my palate as well as find other wines that I enjoy. I am excited to learn how wine is made, other than just smashing grapes because I already know there is an art to making wine. I am eager to learn about the different varieties of wine and how they differ from each other. Pairing wine with food is another part of the class that I am interested in because I really do not know anything about what wines go with what dishes. Even though it is the beginning of the semester, I have already learned so much about wine and how to drink it and what to look for when drinking it, and can not wait for the rest of the semester to unfold!
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