Welcome to my wine blog!

Hi! Thanks for reading my new wine blog! I'll try to keep it as interesting as possible. I'm Tracy, and this semester I'm going to have a blast learning about wine. My motivations for taking Geography of Wine are pretty simple: I want to have fun and I’m tired of that nervous "uhhhhh" moment when a waiter/bartender asks what I'd like to drink, so it's time to get educated.

Things I currently know about wine: it tastes good, it makes me feel fancy, it comes from a grape, there a bunch of different kinds and there's an optimal time and place to drink each one. So basically, I've got a long way to go. During my first wine tasting at the Vintage Cellar (my next post!), after each sip I struggled to come up with descriptions other than "this tastes like wine". My hope is that at the end of the semester I can look back at some of the earlier blog posts and 1. laugh at how dumb I sound and 2. be proud of all the new things I've learned.

My previous experiences with wine tasting are limited to 1 winery visit with a friend this year and a few times at restaurants where we tasted wines before picking which bottle to buy with dinner. In both cases I had to rely on other people’s impressions and opinions of the different wines. Plus, I didn't employ the “sniff and swirl” technique so basically the entire tasting was a failure. The wines were all good, but I’m really looking forward to being able to form my own educated opinions.

That’s enough for the intro post, stay tuned for more adventures in wine!