Oh boy, have I been looking forward to this new thing. After a busy couple of weeks, and a long German test yesterday, I was absolutely ready to kick back and relax with a glass or two of wine. I would have loved to have gone to the Rhine region near us in Frankfurt and had a proper wine tasting experience, but I settled for the next best thing – an at-home wine tasting kit.
I bought this kit from Geile Weine a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t wait to rip into it. The set comes with 2 wine glasses, a set of tasting notes, and 12 mini bottles. My only grumble is that the majority of bottles are white wine, whereas I’m more of a red wine fan, but if I’m being honest, I’ll drink pretty much anything.
The kit comes with some tasting notes, and step by step instructions for a successful wine tasting. We first serve the wine at the right temperature, then gently swirl it in the glass so that it can breathe. Then, you give it a good sniff and see what flavours you can pick up on, before finally giving it a swish around your mouth so that it hits all of your tastebuds. I think at this point in a normal tasting session you would spit it out, but, well I’m sure it’s no surprise to learn that I didn’t do that.
We only managed to get through the first six wines, all whites, but I took notes on each one we tasted and gave them a score out of 5. My plan was to compare them afterwards, but it was actually a good way of keeping track of which ones to buy again. I normally drink only drink white wine in summer – I love nothing more than a cold, dry Riesling on a sunny day – but some of these would taste lovely on a crisp Autumn day too.
This wine tasting was so much fun. We basically used it as an excuse to drink as many different types of wines as we could, but I really enjoyed taking my time in tasting each one and recognising the difference in the colour, smell, and taste. I definitely found at least 2 bottles that I would try again, and I’m only halfway through the kit. Here’s hoping the second wine delivers some light rose’s and some delicious reds to add to my growing collection.
New Day, New Thing 
Flights of any drink, beer, wine, cocktails, hot chocolate, you name it, are the best. It’s so much fun to try a whole bunch of new things all at once and compare. That kit looks awesome.
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