My wine appreciation journey began senior year at Cornell. While I learned a lot in the class, the lessons of how to taste didn’t really stick. I mainly drank wine to enjoy it, without articulating its merits. In practical terms, this meant I was drinking the same wines, not noticing nuance. I was drinking wine, […]
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Frequently Used (and Sometimes Confusing) Wine Terms Acidity: One of the principal components of wine. It’s what makes wine refreshing to drink. For white wines, it is the backbone upon which it ages. It is often measured by pH, but Titratable Acidity is a more accurate measure to predict how tart we experience the wine.
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At its most basic, wine is fermented fruit juice, and therein lies its mystery. Logically, we might expect most wines to taste relatively the same, with the largest delineation falling between red and white wines. Fortunately for us humans, that is not the case. Wines made from grapes a few parcels away from one another
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The world’s most complex beverage happens to be mostly water. The remainder is predominantly alcohol, and the leftover sliver defines the bottle. While that may seem underwhelming, it’s precisely what makes wine so complex you could spend a lifetime getting to know it. I’ve found learning more about those components will help you enjoy and
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If you read my post on the structural components of wine, you’ll have a basic overview of what comprises a bottle of wine. A logical next question is, “why do these things matter?” The answer is the components of wine harmonize (or not) with one another, and to a large extent, the amount of harmony
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