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<\/a><\/em>Seeing the grapes for Amarone drying at Quintarelli in Valpolicella, \u00a0Italy.<\/em><\/p>\nBut what if you have some experience in wine tasting?\u00a0 Maybe you have taken numerous tours in the past, so why take another one?\u00a0 There are a number of good reasons, even if you think you\u2019ve seen it all.<\/p>\n
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- You haven\u2019t seen it all.<\/strong> We don\u2019t want to get into the argument about the winemaker\u2019s skill vs. terroir<\/em>, but surely the way a wine is made has some impact on how it tastes.\u00a0 Otherwise, they\u2019d all taste pretty much the same.\u00a0 At any winery, they have a particular way that they harvest (or instruct vineyard owners to harvest), clean the grapes, press them, vinify the juice, blend different varietals, age the wine and bottle it.\u00a0 If you have been on tours before, you\u2019ll recognize the differences at one winery versus the others you\u2019ve seen.<\/li>\n
- You may be with a less experienced taster.<\/strong> Taking a tour with a friend gives you the opportunity to add your own point of view that the tour guide may not have.\u00a0 Careful not to be a wine snob, though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>The barrel room at Groth in Napa Valley.<\/em><\/p>\n- \n
- Refreshers aren\u2019t a bad idea.<\/strong> Yes, you\u2019ve taken tours, but when was the last one?\u00a0 It\u2019s not that things have changed all that much (although there have been technical advances) but it\u2019s a good idea to keep yourself up to date.<\/li>\n
- A tour can give you an idea of the quality of the wines.<\/strong> For example, some wineries are sparklingly clean, others less so.\u00a0 A winery that cares enough to hire and train knowledgeable tour guides is probably more concerned about the tiny details of making wine.\u00a0 If your guide can\u2019t answer your questions, this will tell you something about management\u2019s perspectives on their customers.\u00a0 So pay attention to the details.<\/li>\n
- Tours can be fun.<\/strong> Some wineries\u2019 tours are little more than exercises in industrial engineering and about as accessible to the general public.\u00a0 But we\u2019ve been on others that take you into the vineyards to show you where the grapes you\u2019ve tasted came from.\u00a0 Quite a few these days combine the tour with the tasting and have bottles stashed in the vineyards or in the barrel room, so you\u2019re tasting as you\u2019re learning.\u00a0 Quite a deal!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The underlying answer is that there\u2019s always something new to learn.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to tour every winery you visit.\u00a0 For one thing, that can be expensive and repetitive.\u00a0 But taking a tour every now and again is good for brain as well as your palate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Several years ago, we wrote about winery tours from the perspective of those who had never taken one before.\u00a0 For anyone with even the least interest in wine, a tour can be very educational.\u00a0 There\u2019s really nothing like seeing the process, especially if you can visit Wine Country during the crush.\u00a0 It really does show … Continue reading Winery Tours, Part 2: for Experienced 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":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- A tour can give you an idea of the quality of the wines.<\/strong> For example, some wineries are sparklingly clean, others less so.\u00a0 A winery that cares enough to hire and train knowledgeable tour guides is probably more concerned about the tiny details of making wine.\u00a0 If your guide can\u2019t answer your questions, this will tell you something about management\u2019s perspectives on their customers.\u00a0 So pay attention to the details.<\/li>\n
- You may be with a less experienced taster.<\/strong> Taking a tour with a friend gives you the opportunity to add your own point of view that the tour guide may not have.\u00a0 Careful not to be a wine snob, though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n