{"id":237,"date":"2016-04-28T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2016-06-25T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T19:39:14","slug":"share-sip-and-pour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Share, Sip and Pour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often receive the question from our friends, \u201cHow many wineries can a person safely visit in a day?\u201d\u00a0 And the answer always is, \u201cIt depends\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 It depends on your level of interest, how you like to taste wine and most important, what your tolerance for alcohol may be.\u00a0 Everyone is different in these regards so self-knowledge both in the planning before you go and during the day that you\u2019re there is critical to both enjoyment and safety.<\/p>\n<p>Here at Power Tasting, we\u2019re all about wine tasting. \u00a0It\u2019s not about the quality or even really about the quantity of the wine \u2013 or the cake \u2013 it\u2019s about your overall level of appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, wine\u00a0is\u00a0an intoxicating beverage. If you have too much of it, you can\u2019t appreciate what you\u2019re tasting.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re driving, you can be downright dangerous to yourself and others on the road.<\/p>\n<p>So to answer the opening question, we often visit six wineries in a day.\u00a0 \u201cSix!!!!\u201d you may be saying.\u00a0 But we have our method and maybe it can help you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We share a tasting.<\/strong> We get one glass for the two of us, just as you might get two forks for one slice of cake.\u00a0 That way, we get to taste as several wines at any winery without imbibing as much alcohol.\u00a0 Our objective is to <em>taste<\/em>, not to <em>drink<\/em>.\u00a0 (Now, there are exceptions.\u00a0 If we are visiting a place that makes wines we know in advance we will particularly like, we sometimes each have our own glasses.\u00a0 Those are the days we spend more time in those particular wineries and visit fewer of them overall.)\u00a0 In addition, it\u2019s less expensive if you share.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We get a lot of appreciation out of aromas, as well as tastes.<\/strong> For one thing, smelling wine is an equal part of the experience.\u00a0 Our noses often tell us a different story than our mouths do. \u00a0The aromas may be intoxicating, but you can&#8217;t get drunk just smelling wine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We sip <\/strong>just as one might have a nibble of cake. It only takes a little bit to get the flavors, the mouthfeel, the finesse and the finish of a wine.\u00a0 There are some who spit before swallowing, but we are not among them.\u00a0 Yes, we take in a bit of alcohol, but we get the complete sensation of a wine.\u00a0 And then\u2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>We pour.<\/strong> That\u2019s what the bucket on the bar is there for.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, not every wine is great or at least not to everyone\u2019s taste.\u00a0 So if we sip something that either or both of us don\u2019t like it, we get rid of it.\u00a0 Honest, the servers don\u2019t care.\u00a0 They fill glasses; how the visitor empties them is not the server\u2019s concern.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We always monitor how much we\u2019re drinking<\/strong> and how we feel. If there\u2019s any question at all, it\u2019s time to stop.\u00a0 By the time you know you\u2019ve had too much, you\u2019ve had way too much.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because we are careful, we know that our usual consumption is on average about a half a glass per winery.\u00a0 So if we visit six wineries, it comes to three glasses over a six to seven hour period.\u00a0 For some people, that may indeed be too much, so don\u2019t do it if you\u2019re one of those people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often receive the question from our friends, \u201cHow many wineries can a person safely visit in a day?\u201d\u00a0 And the answer always is, \u201cIt depends\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 It depends on your level of interest, how you like to taste wine and most important, what your tolerance for alcohol may be.\u00a0 Everyone is different in these regards &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=237\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share, Sip and Pour<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}