I´m a little late with this post but I wanted to make sure I was able to share a little bit more about myself and my interests with all of you before the quarter is officially over.
I was born into a family that loves wine. My dad is known to pair every meal (except breakfast) with at least one glass of red wine. My mom has a monthly wine club that gets together to try new wine regions or varietals, often with the help of an experienced sommelier in the subject. Wine was always served at the dinner at my house and is thought of as an enhancer of the dining experience.
However, in spite of having grown up around it, and having parents that are fairly knowledgeable about wine, I find myself nearing my 30s and still not knowing much about the wines that I am drinking.
I took this class with the hope of getting my toes dipped in the subject. I wanted to feel more comfortable talking about wine, both from the US and international. I also wanted to be able to form my own opinion about wines and to be able to state it confidently.
While those were very ambitious goals for a 9-week course. I have slowly seen myself become more comfortable talking about wine and about my thoughts surrounding a specific wine a lot more than I did before. While I am far from an expert still, I feel more comfortable exploring this world that has always intrigued yet intimidated me. I have thought to understand this as a very long journey, and I think many of us have just started taking our first steps.
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