My experience with wine began around the same time everyone's does, not really in the most classy way. I started off with the obligatory boxed Franzia wine and gradually moved onto bottles of Barefoot. I used to not stray too far from those things out of fear that I wouldn't like them. Wine has always been something very daunting to me. I remember talking to my friend's mom about how I liked Pink Moscato and she scoffed at how uncultured my choice was. This really effected me and made me realize I needed to broaden my palette. That is one of the reasons I decided to take this class. I think Professor Boyer really said it best in the Into to Wine lecture that some people just want to be familiar with the "language of wine", because I definitely relate to that. I have visited one winery before and when I was there I had no idea what to do. We did a tasting and I remember not being able to tell the difference between all the wines besides them being either white or red. After taking this course I would really like to know the basics of wine, know how to pair it with foods I'm eating or know what to buy it for gatherings later on in life. It is really just an essential life skill.
My current tastes are on the sweeter side. I like white wines for the most part that have fruity undertones. Most of the wines I drink are flat wines but I also love sparkling wines. I typically stay in that area and never have reds and that's usually where knowledge about wine stops. I am definitely more of a cocktail person as far as tastes go, and have even thought about writing my own cocktail book one day. Because of that I usually don't often choose wine except for girl's nights while watching a movie or out to dinner eating Italian. However, I hope that this class allows me to find more wines that I like and just allow me to have more experiences with wine.
