Hello Everyone!
My name is Daniel and I will be posting blogs about my various wine experiences throughout my Spring semester in the Geography of Wine course!
This is my last semester in college! It has been a wild ride through my time in University but looking forward to finishing out with a lot of empty wine bottles!
My previous experiences with wine includes trying sips at the dinner table from my parents glasses. I hated the taste at the time and did not begin appreciating wine until I was 16 years old. My parents took my sister and I on a trip to Italy. We traveled from Rome to Tuscany and Cinque Terre. We visited amazing sites including The Vatican, Florence, Pisa, Monterosso Al Mare and Levanto. All the way, trying delicious foods, wines, and cheeses. This started my appreciation for the deliciously aged grape juice.
However, while in college, I can't say I've had the most respectable wine. Early on, I had everything from $2.99 bottles to boxed wines without much regard for flavor. That did begin to change as traveled abroad to Europe! I was able to experience delicious beers in Amsterdam, Sweden, and Copenhagen. Once my studying was over, a group of friends and me traveled to Barcelona for a week where we indulged in the amazing food, desserts, wines, seafood, port wines etc. etc. etc.
This unforgettable experience for my taste buds it what has driven me to try and experience more wine in this course! But not only experience more wine, learn how to appreciate the ancient beverage on a new level!
So, for this course this will be where I post my wine tasting, food or cheese paring experiences. I hope we'll see how I progress from an amateur to someone slightly less amateur. I look forward to exploring more of the aroma, flavor, vine characteristics, and history of wine!
Thank you for reading and wish me luck!
Daniel
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