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For a woman who wants to learn about wine, here are six ways to get started:
- Pay attention to your own responses to what you read or hear.
If someone describes having a picnic with a bottle of wine or arranging a cheese plate at home for friends, and you find yourself thinking, "Hey, my taste buds are watering and my brain is getting excited"--consider that a signal that you should emulate it in a way that's comfortable for you. - Develop a relationship with your wine retailer.
Think of your wine retailer the same way you would your hair stylist, manicurist or the butcher or florist you love: as a friend who can take you down this journey of learning about wine. - Try it!
Trying different wines is the best way to learn about it. Many people seem afraid to try and they shouldn't be. The best thing you can do is to go into a wine retailer and buy three, six, or 12 bottles at a time and just say to the retailer: "I want to start my wine journey. Where do you suggest I start? This is how much I want to spend." Then, take notes of the ones that you do or don't like and the reason why. - Plan a movie/menu/wine theme night.
One of the things we do at Women & Wine is offer ideas like "Movies and Menus" where we pair DVDs or movies with things you can assemble for a quick dinner and the wine varietal that you should drink with it. You may enjoy this by yourself or invite a few people over and create a little dinner party around the theme of the movie's location or what the characters in the movie are eating and drinking. - Pair your book club reading selection with wine.
Say your book club is reading the Da Vinci Code -- try pairing the book with Chateauneuf du Pape du Vatican because the Vatican was in France in the early days of Christianity, and the book seeks to find reasons about things that have happened in the Catholic church. Like in #3 above, the idea here is to make wine a part of your daily life. It's simple. - Join a wine club.
If you live in a state where you can join a wine club, it's a great way to get smaller production wines sent to you several times a year--especially wine clubs that change the wines every time. At Women & Wine, we have a wine club where we try to shake it up and make sure that people in that price category are tasting things from all around the world. We include tasting notes and recipes so that people can really have that experience at home--without feeling lost.
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