Welcome to Virtual Wine Tasting for Toasters!
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Welcome, Toasters!
Are you eager to explore the variety of tastes and aromas? Whether you’re a wine novice or an enthusiast, an easy-to-follow guide will help you appreciate and enjoy every sip.
For our ‘flash’ tasting, bring along your favorite wines, and let’s get ready to awaken our taste buds. We can’t wait to share our thoughts and learn from each other during this exciting journey. Don’t forget to leave your comments with your observations as we inspire one another.
Let’s raise a glass to this adventure and broaden our taste palates. The exploration of wine can be so much fun, inspiring, and motivating.
here is a wine list of what some Toasters are bringing on!
2018 Zenato Ripassa Valpolicella DOC Superiore
2022 WHITEHAVEN MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC
2020 Bread & Butter Cabernet Sauvignon
What to Expect
This is a Bring Your Own Wine (BYOW) Online Tasting which means you can bring along any wine you want. In short I recommend wines that trigger your curiosity. I will take you through the method I use to taste a new wine, using a simple Sensory Analysis Procedure.
There is no right or wrong and tasting is not a competition of any sort. It’s all about understanding the fermented beverage in your glass. Check out the Q & A tab to find answers to questions discussed during the sessions. Tab on the subtitles bellow to find out how to prepare.
First of all I’d love to see you using the Comment Box bellow to leave your thoughts and questions. That would give our experience a great kickstart. Choose your wines and if you have a moment to spare, send me the name so I can add them to the wine list.
• Please prepare to serve white wines at fridge temperature and red at 60 f/15 c. –Starting at low temperatures allows the wine to gradually release the aromatic reactions as temperature naturally alters.
• Optionally and if you are a wine geek you may want to use the Tasting Sheet to mark down your notes. Please have it ready on a separate device for in-depth tasting experience.
Test your connection and join a few minutes before to make sure everything is working smoothly.
Online Experiences are hosted on the Zoom video conferencing platform. Follow the link to the time slot that you’ll join using a web browser or the Zoom app. Experiences use both audio and video, so check out these system requirements to make sure your device will work.
Video conferencing is interactive, so you’ll be able to communicate with yours truly and other guests as much or as little as you’d like. Test your connection and join a few minutes before to make sure everything is working smoothly.
During the event I will be sharing on my screen a presentation with personal media files so please make sure you have a good internet connection.
There is a sequence of steps used to evaluate a wine, and they are done in a specific order. However tasting a wine is not a once-off event but a repeating series of the procedure going back and forth.
Please have the wine served when we start and feel free to refill as to your liking. Have some water and dry bread to rinse your palate if necessary.
Glassware: use your preferred glass, the ones that you feel comfortable drinking wine in. Ideally I‘d like you to have a different glass for each wine or at least two glasses. So you can perform a comparative tasting.
Interaction on this experience is vital… so do ask whatever comes to your mind, even if you think it might sound silly, go for it, the Wonderful World of Wine is full of surprises.
- Check out the Q & A tab to find answers to questions discussed during our session.
- Please Review
- Join again any of my Online Experiences. Over the next 6 weeks use code TOAST at check out, when booking on my website, and get a 20% discount.
Resources:
PambosWine Tasting Sheet , WineMasters.tv , WineSearcher.com, Wine Folly
Q:- What is an Appellation?
A:- In short it’s a combination of the Region, Geographical Indication and Designation of production of a wine. A well known appellation is Champagne in France while the word’s oldest wine with a designated origin, still in production, is Commandaria wine from Cyprus
A wine’s origin is a key part of its identity, as it implies something about its style and likely quality. Many thousands of official placenames are used on the world’s wine labels. Some of these indicate only the wine’s origin, while others combine origin, style and quality all into one.
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Q:- What do the tail-terms ‘Classico’ in Italian wine and ‘Village’ in French wine mean?
A:- These terms refer to a smaller designated area within another appellation (e.g. Chianti Classico DOCG / Cote du Rhone Village AOC). Wines classified as ‘Classico’ / ‘Village’ must meet higher standards than those of the generic appellation title. They are from vineyards in areas that show potential to produce distinctive wines of good quality.
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Q:- Can big producers make great wines?
A:- In short the answer is: Yes! They have the means and the money to access the best resources in scientific knowledge and latest equipment. They also have the motive of reputation to stand up to.
Besides their honest and reliable entrée range like Koonunga Hill, Penfold’s is a good example of a giant producer who has a unique great wine of the world in its portfolio. That is the highly collectable ‘Grange’.
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Q:- What does Reserva mean?
A:- While outside of Italy the word “reserve” can mean many different things depending on where the wine is made, Italian wine law stipulates that Riserva wines are aged for a longer period of time than wines that are not labeled riserva. Riserva wines also tend to use higher quality grapes.
Some common standards for some of Italy’s most popular Riserva wines:
Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva: Aged for at least 4 years
Barbaresco Riserva: Aged for at least 4 years
Barolo Riserva: Aged for at least 5 years
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva: Aged for at least 5 years
Chianti Classico Riserva: Aged for at least 27 months
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano: Aged for at least 3 years
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Q:- What’s Ladybug taint in wine?
A:- Ladybug taint is a wine fault caused by the unintentional introduction of Coccinellidae beetles into the winemaking process, and is characterized by the presence of undesirable peanut, green pepper, asparagus, earthy, green beans and musty aromas and flavors in affected wine. You can read about it in this scientific study
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Q:- What’s an easy way to learn some basics about wine tasting?
A:- WineMasters Class is a complete wine course for all sort of wine scholars, professionals and food & wine enthusiasts.
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Customize your Experience
Wine Tasting is a very personal experience and you can do as you please especially in the privacy of a zoom meeting! However I’d suggest you try and give your wine selection a structure and a theme. Comparative tasting is the way I learn about wine. Observing two wines at the same time focusing on what is different and where applied what is common between them. Tab on the titles below to find out how.
Terroir, pronounced “tehr-wahr”, is a French term that expresses the combination of soil, weather conditions and style of winegrowing and winemaking. These three elements bring a specific identity and a sense of place to the wine. A terroir can be spread as a region or be as specific as a small part of an estate.
I recommend choosing wines from the same origin if you want to focus on what a region has to offer. Keep things simple and equal by picking from the same Country > region > county > village > winery.
If you like a grape variety and you want to understand it better then choose the same single-variety wines but as diverse as possible. e.g. East coast vs West coast or New world vs Old world wine.
You may want to get a bit deeper into your glass and compare different wine styles like Oak-aged vs Young wine or Dry vs Semi-Dry.
Dear Toasters,
I’ve put together a list of the wines that will be around our session on the 12th of December!
Please Help me complete this list! I will be updating this wine list every time someone lets me know of the wine they want to bring along on this tasting experience. With details about the wines and where to buy them. If you have any information that can help me complete my post feel free to pass them over…
Two Exciting wines from my country you may want to try
Tsiakkas Winery, Pitsilia Xynisteri
Vouni-Panayia Winery, Barba Yiannis Maratheftiko
Some Memories and Thoughts
Explore Wine-Searcher
Wine-Searcher.com is the place to go online if you want to find where to buy a particular wine that interests you. Furthermore, Wine-Searcher.com magazine offers so much more. It’s well worth a visit just to discover its many features, including its unique simple guide to wine styles
WineMasters Class is a unique concept with a total of 48 episodes, with a new episode appearing every 2 weeks
California EP:2/48 – Learn about the bold Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa and Chardonnay from Sonoma and Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills.
Disclosure
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Toscana IGT Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Hi Yiulia, thanks for organizing this event!
Belle Taine Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Welcome Kristin, thanks for sharing your choice. A generic Californian Cabernet sauvignon is usually a robust bold fruit-forward blend with intense sweet spices at finish!
Francis Coppola Diamond Collection Prosecco
St. Hubert’s “The Stag”, Paso Robles Cab Sav 2019
Welcome Melissa and thank you for sharing your wines.
Your bubbly is imported in the US directly from the Prosecco DOC region in Italy, the Francis Coppola Diamond Collection Prosecco is crafted from select grapes grown in the northeastern Italy. I will explain how can a US wine producer sell an Italian wine. You’ll enjoy aromas of citrus blossoms and exotic fruit lead to flavors of apple, citrus, and white peach.
Zenato Valpolicella Ripasso 2018
Hey Julie,
you are bringing in one of my favorite to work with wines ever!
The structure, the finesse and the elegance of this wine make it a unique gem! Thank you for bringing it over!
White Haven Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Bread & Butter Cab Sav 2020
Welcome Angela, thanks for sharing your wines. Excellent choice for our session. Both of these wines are made to be simply enjoyed as everyday wines. Good, honest and delicious. Very typical of what they are.
We will compare them visually to notice the alcohol level and sweetness amount in a wine. We’ll also find out what’s the relation of these two grape varieties.
What you’ll enjoy about these wines:
A classical Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with aromas of grapefruit, lime and crushed herbs. Pure and concentrated with flavors of white peach, citrus and tropical fruits.
A California Cabernet Sauvignon that is ripe, luscious and bold with layers of fresh berries, blackcurrant and subtle black pepper, toasted oak and rich vanilla.
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