My experience with wine is one that stretches back more years then it should. Growing up in an Italian household, my family always had bottles of wine stacked in the corner of our kitchen on our wine rack, and it was common for my parents to always have a glass of wine with dinner. A sip here and there when I was younger, but I absolutely hated wine.
That was until I studied abroad in Lugano, Switzerland.
My junior year here at Virginia Tech I received the unique opportunity to spend almost an entire semester in Switzerland, right on top of the Italian border. Aka where the wine was cheaper then the fresh water. Throughout that trip I tried wines from all across Italy, Switzerland and France. Normally at restaurants we would ask the waiters to choose their favorite wine and give it to us.
The best experience I had with wine abroad was on my wine tour in Tuscany, it was there that I figured out I like red wine a lot more then white wine. We got to try two different kinds of reds, a white and a dessert wine. I wish that I took better notes and remembered exactly what kinds of wine they were, but I guess I was less educated then!
That is where what I hope to get out of the class comes into play. I hope to gain a better knowledge of kinds of wine so that once I drink a kind of wine I can not only recognize it again, but remember what kind it was. Already from the class and one wine tasting I have learned how much I like Pinot Noir.
I am excited about the class, and I cannot wait to gain such a good understanding that I can go home and sound more educated with my parents when I drink wine!
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