Daily Wine Tidbits

There are basically four different types of tasting when you are tasting wines. The first one is called horizontal tasting. This is when you are tasting wines from the same vintage. This type may be particularly enjoyable if the vintage happens to be a year with perfect weather conditions! The second type is called vertical tasting. This is when you get to compare wines from different vintages. This one can be particularly interesting if you're trying the same grape variety from different vintages. For example, trying a 2006 Pinot Grigio and a 2004 Pinot Grigio from the same vineyard could yield interesting results! The third kind is called blind tasting. This is when the taster does not have any information about the wines they are trying. This type of tasting may suit the experienced taster most since the more one knows, the more they would be able to say which type of wine it was just by taste! And last but not least, there is a tasting called semi-blind tasting. This is where the taster only knows the grape variety OR where the wine was produced! I'm hoping to be participating in some horizontal and vertical tastings very soon! I'll keep you posted!!