NWR: Wine 101
So I'm taking this wine class and I thought I would share some of the tips that I learn as I go. You many know this things, but I know I was surprised so I thought I would share:
I will update this as I go along:
Tip 1: Typically, when buying white wines and inexpensive sparkling wines (champagnes) buy the earliest date first.
Detailed explanation:
These wines are generally not made to be aged. Try not to buy any of these wines past 3 - 4 years. So if you see a 2000 wine RUN!!!
Tip 2: American Wines are harvested in the fall. So if a wine has 2003 on it, it was harvested Fall 2003
Tip 3: Red wine get's it color from the skin of the grape not the juice (I'm still surprised).
Tip 4: Dry wines are wines with less than 1% residual sugar in it
Tip 5: If you taste some red wine and swish it in your mouth and it feels sort of gritty, this is from the tenons (spelling?). Tenons are from the grape's skin. Aging red wines makes some of the tenons go away. More expensive red wines typically have a lot of tenons and should be aged a couple of years before drinking.
Tip 6: Similar to Tip 1, but if you want to buy an EXPENSIVE red wine and you need to drink it soon. Buy the older wines (3 years and after) because these wines will have a lot of tenons and they need time to age so the bitterness goes away.
Stay tuned for more tips........![]()
I will update this as I go along:
Tip 1: Typically, when buying white wines and inexpensive sparkling wines (champagnes) buy the earliest date first.
Detailed explanation:
These wines are generally not made to be aged. Try not to buy any of these wines past 3 - 4 years. So if you see a 2000 wine RUN!!!
Tip 2: American Wines are harvested in the fall. So if a wine has 2003 on it, it was harvested Fall 2003
Tip 3: Red wine get's it color from the skin of the grape not the juice (I'm still surprised).
Tip 4: Dry wines are wines with less than 1% residual sugar in it
Tip 5: If you taste some red wine and swish it in your mouth and it feels sort of gritty, this is from the tenons (spelling?). Tenons are from the grape's skin. Aging red wines makes some of the tenons go away. More expensive red wines typically have a lot of tenons and should be aged a couple of years before drinking.
Tip 6: Similar to Tip 1, but if you want to buy an EXPENSIVE red wine and you need to drink it soon. Buy the older wines (3 years and after) because these wines will have a lot of tenons and they need time to age so the bitterness goes away.
Stay tuned for more tips........
