{"id":2862,"date":"2024-12-31T19:34:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2024-12-31T19:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:34:44","slug":"avoiding-excess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2862","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding Excess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We love wine.&nbsp; We love tasting it, drinking it with meals, talking about it, reading about it and writing about it.&nbsp; But we can\u2019t overlook the fact that wine is a product that contains alcohol.&nbsp; So when people go wine tasting, they need to be aware of the effect that the alcohol is having and will have on 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\/2024\/12\/no_to_wine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/no_to_wine.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2863\" style=\"width:621px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/no_to_wine.png 1002w, https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/no_to_wine-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/no_to_wine-768x460.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Photo courtesy of Metro Parent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some tips that can help wine tasters to avoid excess when they are visiting wineries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Know your capacity and limit the number of wineries you visit in a day accordingly..<\/strong>&nbsp; Before the era of seated tastings, visitors could step up to a tasting room bar and sample only one or two wines that they were interested in.&nbsp; Now, especially with the higher cost of wine tasting, each winery tends to serve more.&nbsp; Take that into account in choosing your destinations and keeping the number within a reasonable range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sip, don\u2019t drink.<\/strong>&nbsp; There is probably no more important advice to wine tasters than this.&nbsp; If you are wine tasting, you only need a sip or two to know what a wine is like and if it\u2019s for you. Oh, there\u2019s still wine in the glass?&nbsp; Pour it out.&nbsp; That\u2019s what those buckets are for.&nbsp; Professional wine people don\u2019t even swallow; they put some in their mouths, taste it and spit it out.&nbsp; They have to, because they taste so many in a single session.&nbsp; Learn from the pros: You\u2019re there to taste, not drink.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Share a tasting.<\/strong>&nbsp; A good way to limit your intake without cutting into your tasting pleasure is to share the wine.&nbsp; The server will not mind you asking just for one glass even if you are two people, saying that you will share the tasting.&nbsp; After all, you are going wine <em>tasting<\/em> not wine <em>drinking<\/em>.&nbsp; Believe us, no one will care that you are being prudent and you will appreciate your time in Wine Country all the more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consider in-town tasting<\/strong>.&nbsp; There are excellent locales for wine tasting (such as Santa Barbara, Montepulciano or Los Olivos) where you can visit a tasting room, walk to the next and all the nexts after that, finally walking back to your hotel. &nbsp;You can slacken your inhibitions a bit because you won\u2019t be driving.&nbsp; Of course, a day in town followed by a drive back home doesn\u2019t work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Let someone else drive<\/strong>.&nbsp; If, in an honest analysis, you realize that almost any amount of wine is going to impact you too adversely to drive, plan in advance not to get behind the wheel.&nbsp; Maybe there\u2019s someone in your party who won\u2019t taste and can be the chauffeur.&nbsp; Or you could take a tour.&nbsp; In lots of places, you can call for an Uber or you can hire a car and a driver for the day.&nbsp; Just don\u2019t be a risk to yourself and others around you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love wine.&nbsp; We love tasting it, drinking it with meals, talking about it, reading about it and writing about it.&nbsp; But we can\u2019t overlook the fact that wine is a product that contains alcohol.&nbsp; So when people go wine tasting, they need to be aware of the effect that the alcohol is having and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2862\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avoiding Excess<\/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\/2862"}],"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=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2864,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/2864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}