{"id":3049,"date":"2025-07-31T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:50:55","slug":"advice-to-new-wine-tasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3049","title":{"rendered":"Advice to New Wine Tasters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2996\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2996\">issues back<\/a>, <em>Power Tasting<\/em> gave advice on teaching new wine tasters about wine.\u00a0 We\u2019d also like to advise on what to tell new wine tasters<ins> <\/ins>who are interested in going on a wine tasting trip<ins> <\/ins>if they ask for your input.\u00a0 A lot of them will want to go to Napa Valley, because that\u2019s the American winemaking region best known to them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3050\" style=\"width:708px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.jpg 708w, http:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Photo courtesy of Forbes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus on the experience and not just the wines.<\/strong>&nbsp; If it were just about wine, they could stay home and open bottles.&nbsp; Take in the scenery, the scented air, the architecture, the little side roads, even the restaurants.&nbsp; For the first-timers, the trip should be more than an introduction to wine; it should also be an entry into what Robert Mondavi called <em>the good life<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take a winery <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1018\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1018\">tour<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 And maybe take it at the first place they visit.\u00a0 If in one stop they can see the vines, the winemaking facilities and taste the wines, they will get the full spectrum of wine: agriculture, industry and art.\u00a0 We<ins>,<\/ins> experienced tasters<ins>,<\/ins> get a bit blas\u00e9 about winery tours; seen one and we\u2019ve seen them all.\u00a0 If we give advice we should try to remember when we hadn\u2019t seen one at all.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try a lot of different types of wine.<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the advantages of tasting in Napa Valley is the existence of wines made from so many varietals.\u00a0 So if in visiting just a few wineries \u2013 and sipping, not gulping \u2013 they can experience Chardonnay next to <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1984\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1984\">Sauvignon Blanc<\/a>; Cabernet Sauvignon next to Merlot next to Zinfandel next to <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1938\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1938\">Pinot Noir<\/a>.\u00a0 That\u2019s an education!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Show the server an interest in learning about wine.<\/strong>\u00a0 From a purely commercial perspective, it pays for the tasting room personnel to go out of their way to aid new tasters.\u00a0 Today\u2019s young, innocent faces are tomorrow\u2019s clientele.\u00a0 Beyond that, servers generally love wine and even if they\u2019re not themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=545\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"545\">educators<\/a>, they probably know more about the subject than the new wine tasters in front of them.\u00a0 \u00a0New visitors should urge their servers to share their knowledge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Talk to each other about what they\u2019re smelling and tasting.<\/strong>&nbsp; (We\u2019re assuming that they\u2019re not tasting solo, which introduces a lot of other issues.)&nbsp; Just because they\u2019re inexperienced doesn\u2019t mean that new wine tasters don\u2019t have good sense\u2026and good senses.&nbsp; Finding ways to express their sensual reactions will help them to solidify their learning.&nbsp; And it\u2019s fun to stick their noses into a glass and find the words for what they smell.&nbsp; Talking about it is even better.&nbsp; One\u2019s smell of strawberries are no better than another\u2019s pencil box , but it does lead to some interesting conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few issues back, Power Tasting gave advice on teaching new wine tasters about wine.\u00a0 We\u2019d also like to advise on what to tell new wine tasters who are interested in going on a wine tasting trip if they ask for your input.\u00a0 A lot of them will want to go to Napa Valley, because &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3049\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advice to New Wine Tasters<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049"}],"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=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3051,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions\/3051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}