Wine

[Hoople]

hahahahaha!!! Good p.s.

Learning about wine is like anything else. You become familiar with what the different things taste like and your ability to isolate and identify expands as more knowledge becomes a given.

Like oak. I swear, it was like a light went on when it was first explained that much of the spice in wine is from oak. The sap imparts spice flavors. Then you start to identify different types of oak. American oak is strong and only very hardy wines can survive new American oak barrels drinkable. French is more subtle. New oak is stronger than used. Hungarian is relatively subtle, too. You match the oak with the varietal and style of wine you're trying to make.

Anyway, hi!