How do you choose what wines to drink? Taste is very personal. There is evidence that women have more taste buds than men. Does that make them able to taste more characteristics of a wine? In addition, what we taste and how we react to it is influenced by what we have tasted in the past.

Don’t let someone else tell you what wines are good or not. Decide for yourself. Visit wineries and taste what they have. As you taste wines you’ll discover for yourself which ones you like or not.

A great experience to taste wines other than local wineries (which I highly recommend) is to visit gatherings where wine importers are displaying wines for tasting. While in Michigan, we attended the Epicurean Classic sponsored by KitchenAid. Numerous importers as well as domestic wineries were there. A few days earlier we attended a wine & food festival presented by Kroger near Detroit. Here also were imported and domestic wines. We enjoyed the experience of tasting domestic and imported wines. It is an interesting experience to learn what other countries are producing and how terroir affects the same variety of grape.

Cheers, Kathy