Tasting wine is a unique individual perspective. Whether you consider yourself a newbie to the wine world, a wine enthusiast or a connoisseur, your individuality will determine which wines you really enjoy. That’s what is important about wine. What type of wines do you truly enjoy?

As long as the wine does not have an identifiable wine fault, you can still justifiably decide to like a particular wine whether it is the grape varietal, vintage or producer. (A wine fault kit by Jean Lenoir is helpful for those who want to delve into the mystery or mistakes affecting the quality of a wine.)

As we travel to many tasting rooms so we can describe the experience to the Wine Trail Traveler readers, we have the opportunity to taste numerous wines. Yes, some we enjoy and then there are those that we don’t care for. I continually enjoy white, fruity, semi-sweet wines, although I enjoy a red Italian wine with an Italian dinner. Terry enjoys dry, red wines with tannin.

On occasion, we have been offered a tasting of a wine that has had a problem. On one occasion, I quietly mentioned to the wine consultant there was an “off” aroma. He then tried the wine himself and concurred that the wine had a fault. Recently however, at another winery, we experienced a wine that had an off aroma and taste. We mentioned it to our wine attendant; he tasted it, and said it was fine. Hmmm. We tasted it again and again decided something was wrong – perhaps the stemware had soap on it, in any event it would not be a wine we would consider purchasing. What do you think a wine consultant should do if a consumer indicates there might be a problem with the wine?