Wine has been and always will be my drink of choice, from the desperate $2.99 bottle at CVS to the $30 bottle given as a gift. I may in fact just be partial to it because I go to enjoy wine's splendors at a young age. I lived in Moscow Russia while attending middle school. In Russia you start drinking Vodka before you start school, well not really but you get the point, the drinking age was virtually non-existent since it was so dang cold and the alcoholic heat kept you warm enough to survive. On Guy Falks day there was a big festival with fireworks and food in the neighborhood park; all the Americans attended since it was free food after all. It was really cold out, the snow was several feet too many and the workers were passing out steaming hot beverages. At first sip all there was was warmth, cinnamon, sugar and cloves. After that there was a slight burn that didn't seem to be coming from the drink but I guzzled it just the same. It was the best hot punch that wasn't actually hot punch I had ever had; but in reality it was delicious mulled wine. I had gotten through almost half of my cup before my mom had even touched hers. Finally she took a sip of her cup; it was is about this same point that she swooped in and grabbed mine for herself and veered me towards the hot chocolate table that contained all the bundled up babies, my sister included.
Spain was the next stop on my development of love for wine. A few of our family friends from Russia decided to make a trip to Costa del Sol in the early spring since they got a good rate on renting out a group of houses. Upon arrival there was a large pitcher of red Kool-Aid like drink on the coffee table with fruits floating in it. It was a deep ruby red color that was complemented by the slices or orange, lime and lemon floating around. Sweet and refreshing, I could see myself laying on the beach of the Mediterranean drinking this all day. Yet this was not to be, by the time I finished my glass the pitcher was empty and to my dismay it was not refilled the next day as we all had hoped it might have been.
I finally turned 21 this past August and since then I have been trying each type of wine that I can get my hands on. My favorites are fruity light moscato with dessert and cabernet sauvignon with dinner. I have wanted to like rose wine but not matter which bottle I buy I just cannot seem to appreciate any of the taste no matter what I eat with it. In this class I hope to be able to able to describe the taste of wine in "correct" wine terminology. I would also like to be able to choose a bottle of wine based on the region/grape variety so that when I go to buy a bottle I can have a better knowledge of what to taste. I also want to be able to taste the correct flavor of the wine by knowing how to swirl and smell and identify all the flavors in the wine to I can get a full taste/experience that the wine has to offer. I am really excited to start the class and get my wine on!
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