Wine tasting weekend is just a fancy way of saying I’m getting wasted this weekend. I like it.
I’m off to Istria with the Brava Wine Company, run by the lovely April. She’s a smart cookie; she has made drinking wine a career. I’m paying attention.
Istria is gorgeous. All the delicious wine they make here is just the boozy icing on the cake.
Making good wine is about a combination of things – passion, dedicated effort, luck, weather. Drinking good wine is just about common sense.
At some point it comes down to taking notes or drinking more wine; more wine always wins.
April pulls out notes of dried plum. Someone else on the table tastes violets. I stick with what I know – “oh yum!”
Each time I pour out the wine, my glass is full again. This is by far my most favourite magic trick.
Mixing wines is actually a fantastic idea.
Wine tasting = no hangover. Eureka!
When you come back with more alcohol than clothes in your bag, you know you’ve done something right.
