Fickle Palate Archives: Wine Tasting
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21 April 2008
Pleasure Comes in Pairs: Explore Wine and Food Pairing
If you’re like most of us, you’re probably intimidated by the elusive art of wine pairing. Maybe it seems that there are rules to wine pairing that perhaps you should know, but don’t, and you’re loathe to expose your lack of culinary finesse and so you avoid the matter altogether.
There certainly are those in [...]
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10 January 2008
An Afternoon of Napa Valley Wine Tasting
We decided to spend our honeymoon in northern California. My family has lived in the Bay Area for generations, but I was moving to Atlanta with my new husband, and we wanted to spend our first weeks as husband and wife enjoying some of what the region is known for.
And who can think [...]
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10 December 2007
Blind Tasting – A Sensory Exploration of Wine
We take it for granted that flavor is an important consideration when enjoying a glass of wine. Yet, relying on input from just this one sensory pathway leaves the ultimate appreciation of wine a little flat.
To truly discover the nuances of a fine wine, all the senses must work together as one.
There is no better [...]
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1 November 2007
Proper Pour
Some people make a great deal of fuss where serving wine is concerned. They present a showy, snooty ceremony with much pomp and circumstance attached.
Other people think that as long as it’s available, it’s just fine.
And some of us understand that wine is meant for fun and enjoyment. Flexibility is no problem and the setting may direct the show. Or the pour.
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11 October 2007
Big Legs
Sally was a Texan enjoying – enduring? – her first winter in a place where snow actually started falling around November. This was a first for her and she had wardrobe issues.
Texas, and Texans, are famous for big. Big state, big ranches, big cars, big hair, big attitudes, big oil wells in every big back [...]