Sorry to be so frank.
Maybe it was after our trip to Italy, but at some point recently I vowed to stop drinking crappy wine.
And by “crappy,” (excuse my third grade verbiage) I mean wine that I’m just kind of meh about.
Why settle?
Problem is, when it comes to purchasing wine, I have no idea what I’m doing, or how to escape meh. For years I’ve simply wandered the aisles of stores, picking anything that catches my eye with a cutesy label or a funny name, praying to the wine gods my $6.99 bottle tastes close to decent.
Not anymore.
Life is too short to waste it on bad wine.
In search of help, I sought out an expert friend of mine to shed some light on what I consider a delicious yet overwhelming topic. My friend and Zumba buddy Tracey LaPierre is an enologist and owner of Seattle Wine Lab, a quality control consulting firm for winemakers. With over 16 years in the wine biz, who knew my key to drinking better wine has been two-stepping next to me this entire time in Zumba class?
So, let’s get drinking!
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