Up to this point in my life, my experience with wine has been pretty much limited to Sunday Mass and the occasional Tour de Franzia. Hence, my reasons for taking this class include expanding my knowledge of different varieties, learning a bit about the process of wine making, and developing a relatively distinguished taste with which to impress my family and friends.
I usually drink liquor rather than beer or wine because it goes a little further and thus seems fairly economic in comparison. When I do drink wine I've tended towards white wines over reds because of their fruity freshness. That, and I prefer my drinks cold to room temperature. I've sampled a variety of Arbor Mist fruit flavored wines, and Moscato was pretty much my go-to "real" wine.
It may be that the winter weather has deterred me away from colder drinks, or that the character of red wine seems more seasonally appropriate - smoother, darker, warmer, and less tangy and tart. Nevertheless, as of late, I've acquired a taste for reds. In a major way. I've been to two tastings so far this semester, and both times my favorite sampling was a red wine, not a white. I'm looking forward to exploring the vast field of options that red wine has to offer and venturing away from the fruitier sweet reds to something more bold and sophisticated in flavor.
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