What's with the scoring?

Wine is given a score out of 100, the closer the wine's score is to 100, the better the wine. There is also a rating out of 5 stars, again the closer to 5 stars, the better the wine.

Scoring a wine is left up to the professionals but they don't have the same tongue that you or I do. We all have different tastes. Similarly, not everyone likes spicy food while others love their food with spices. The same with wine, somebody might score a wine, a shiraz for example, a 96/100 but not everyone will enjoy that shiraz. 

Here is a link that I use consistently to appreciate the wine that I enjoy, along with a video showing that a wine does not need to be bought on rating but enjoyed with friends, family, colleagues or wine lovers to make a memorable lunch, dinner or night. 

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More than just sight, smell and taste

There is so much more to wine that just what you see, smell and drink. There is also the processes that a grape goes through to make wine. If a grape had feelings it would be in so much pain :). From what the winemaker has decided to do with the grapes to how the wine is produced, which grapes are selected and which grapes the winemaker decides to blend. On top of all of this, you get the sensations that wine gives you; you can be in deep thought, almost to the point of meditating, long into the night with all the conversations you have had with the people around you. A night filled with laughter, sadness, memorable moments, a celebration or just a meal with close friends or loved one.

This is why, personally, there is truth in "Wine...the intellectual part of the meal" (Alexandre Dumas - 1873). What an absolutely awesome quote! We can talk so much more about this delectable drink that must be the oldest drink only second to water. The history of wine is such a fascinating one, from the Greeks and Romans, especially the Romans. The Romans conquered the majority of what we now call Europe and everywhere they went they would plant grape vines but what the Romans also did was to develop wine making processes that are still currently in use.

Wine history is such an interesting and exciting part of wine, which is why I will make Inventing Wine by Paul Lukacs my next book and other blogs as part of my reading .

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Introduction

This is where I, like many others, express my love for wine, the wine process and the enjoyment of drinking wine. 

My aspiration is to become a person you can go to and ask for wine advice. A wine connoisseur if you will and this is my journey into that space. The space of vines and wines, bottles and glasses, design and labels, pops and fizzes, sight and colour, smell and aromas, taste and flavours, taste and texture.

A journey that begins now with my passion of wine and all the types of wine there are out there, from red to white to champagne to bubbles to desert to ports or winter warmers as I like to call them. Even the history and what other people have done and influenced the wine industry. 

I hope that you will learn as much as I will on this journey into the wine space.