![]() ![]() ![]() so you don't make the mistake of concluding your off-dry Riesling is from Australia. Memorize the testable grape varieties and regions i.e. For classic markers you can't beat Tim Gaiser's blog e.g. open 5 bottles of Chablis and taste non-blind and note the common markers (lemon, lime, green apple, oyster shell, ). Albarino reminds me of the diluted orange juice I drank as a kid. Learn classic markers but also personalize them. Structure rarely lies (unlike aromas.at least for me) and is critical for narrowing the list of possible grape varieties. It's important to establish a baseline for low/high acid, low/high tannin, low/high alc etc. If it ever becomes too much of a grind then drink your favorite bottle and try to remember why you're doing this in the first place.Ĭalibrate your palate for structure with tasting groups or workshops. But hey there are tougher things in life than tasting wine. But like most things it gets much easier with practice. Blind tasting was quite intimidating for me at first - I was in awe of fellow workshop students and their deductive reasoning skills.feeling dumb as they'd confidently rattle off one descriptor after another, none of which I'd detected. Apologies for the length but these are all things I wish I'd known earlier in my studies. Wanted to share some advice which others might find useful. I passed the Certified exam a few weeks ago, somehow winning the Walter Clore award for highest score - which was seriously unexpected. ![]()
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