My Experience with Wine

My personal experience with wine has been very minimal up until the last two years. Neither of my parents were wine drinkers so the only time I ever saw it growing up was if my mom used it to cook with. When I got to college, the only wine I tried was white wine, specifically Moscato and Pinot Grigio. I began working at a local Italian restaurant in Blacksburg called  Zeppoli’s during fall of my junior year. Since then, I have increased my knowledge about wine, but I still have a lot to learn, especially when it comes to red wine.

Even now, when I go to pick a wine, I almost exclusively choose a white one. I have decided that Moscato is too sweet for me, and have increased my options by adding Reisling to my repertoire. I like Reisling because even though some people see it as interchangeable with Pinot Grigio, I think it is less sweet and more flavorful. I am most comfortable with my knowledge base on varietal, white wines.

I want to learn more about wine during this course because it will help me be more comfortable with it when I’m in the real world. It will also help me sell more wine bottles at Zeppoli’s during my last semester. Being able to understand wine linguistically and culturally will give me a lot more confidence when I’m ordering wine and buying wine bottles when I’m older and have more money to invest in good wine. I believe this class will give me a lot of insight and help me build up my knowledge that will help my assurance with wine down the road.