….into the Society of Wine Educators. Several of us at work joined recently and have started meeting to go through the study guide for the exam to become Certified Specialists of Wine. I recently got some advice from Kori of Wine Peeps and am sure that Joe (from 1 Wine Dude), who started an SWE […]
There are times when I taste a wine and specific flavors and memories come rushing at me, and it suprises the hell out of me. Because I can vividly remember trying so hard, straining to scan the dusty corridors of my brain to grasp a name for the aroma in the glass and coming up empty. One of […]
I don’t think I’ve ever talked about the teaching part of my past before. It was something I was interested in as a kid and later in high school when I taught Sunday School at Holy Savior Catholic Church and with my Girl Scout troop who was always teaching younger girls songs and crafts. But […]
This is another bottle that was meant to be for a tasting group that never happened. We had set the theme as Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, but I had gotten the ok to go with the second tier, less-expensive level: Rosso di Montelpulciano. Both wines are made from the Sangiovese grape, to some extent, in […]
You probably hear people talk about what they get “on the palate” when it comes to winetasting. Just what does that mean?
Palate (noun): Technically, the roof of the mouth that separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. However, with wine appreciation, it’s more so the tool which allows us to preceive the taste of wine, […]
Perhaps you found me here because you read Wine Outlook. In that case, welcome to Behind the Vines and thank you for tracking me down. I couldn’t be more flattered. Well, unless you were Jancis Robinson and you were reading my blog.
If you do already know me, feel free to skip ahead. The plan is to introduce […]
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