My personal experience with wine began on a Thanksgiving Eve
celebration with the whole family; grandparents, cousins, etc. I am blessed to be half Italian and
half German, which means, as you know, half wine-loving and half beer-loving
sides of the family. This
Thanksgiving Eve was with my Italian side of the family and the wine bottles
were plentiful. I do not know what
kind of red wine I was given a taste of but it was misfortunate to try it at a
young age because after that sip of bitter wine I did not have another glass,
believe it or not, until college.
The
love of wine I have now began with the sweetest, Moscato. Getting ready to head to another famous
Hokie football game at 9am my roommate refused to let me leave our place
without starting with a drink.
Since it was a Saturday morning I was somewhat woozy from the night
before and I refused to let any rum or whiskey enter my mouth for at least
three hours. My roommate whipped
out a bottle of barefoot Moscato, it was love at first taste.
Unfortunately
I spent the whole semester stuck on Moscato wine only; usually just barefoot
brand for social events. Don’t get
me wrong I still drink Moscato quite frequently, $10.99 large bottles at kogers
just cannot be beat for a college students budget. However, since last Christmas I have been expanding my taste
of wine primarily at family functions and when going out to dinner. One of my favorite wines was at a restaurant
in Richmond called The Boat House, the wines were Italian Whites, Piane Di
Maggio and Banfi, San Angelo, Pinot Grigo. I have absolutely expanded my taste for white wines; I like the
sweet and fruity properties. I
still have a lack of experience with red wine for sure unfortunately. I have not found any reds (nor have I
tried enough) that I enjoy drinking just to appreciate the wine.
From
this class I would really like to learn anything and everything about wine and
liquor that can be taught in a semester.
I would also like to use that knowledge to really open up the diversity
of red wines I like. I am hoping
the wine tastings are just the key for that. I am also interested in learning what foods go with which
wines. I believe that is a great
skill to have for social aspects like work dinners or even family
functions.
