Choosing Good Wine
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Choosing wine is the topic for this installment of our wine 101 guide…
Choosing wine when there are such a multitude of bottles to pick from is no easy task. So, how do you go about making the right choice? Establishing your general preferences is the first step. Being offered the finest Cabernet Sauvignon is of little benefit if your preference is Zinfandel. Therefore, you should taste each of the different types of wine (Nebbiolos, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, etc.) to decide which you like and which you don’t.
On deciding which variety of wine you prefer, you’ll have made your wine buying trip significantly more straight-forward. Go to your local wine merchant and browse the section that stocks the variety of wine that you decided upon. The wine racks should have blurbs on them containing information on the wines. Discard the “winery notes” supplied by the winemaker (these tend to be marketing material) and instead focus on the handwritten notes provided by the owner (who will be honest as their reputation depends on it).
Ask an employee of the store to assist you if there’s one available. Explain what kinds of wines you’ve tried in the past, and then what you’re looking for. Don’t be afraid to be specific about your likes and dislikes. The more you tell them the better their wine recommendations for you will be. They may even offer tastings to let you sample various wines to determine what your favorite is.
Any recommendations that you dont buy, or any other wines that take your interest but you dont end up buying on the day, note down the details from their labels. You can then research them on the internet when you get home or look out for them the next time youre looking through a wine menu at a restaurant.
Finally, keep in mind that there is no such thing as a universally perfect wine. It has everything to do with what pleases you. No wine reviewer or shop owner is going to have your exact taste in wine. A wine expert saying that a particular wine is amazing is no guarantee that you’ll like it. Similarly, you may find yourself favoring wine that has been given bad reviews.
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