Mandatory Intro Post

Your personal experience with wine thus far in in your life! You can write about experiences, or lack thereof, your tastes, what you like, what you don’t like, how often you have tried wine, and in what circumstances. Also, include some things you hope to learn about wine from this course. Be as specific as possible How easy is that to grab 10 points right out of the gate?

My personal experience with wine:

I had a very limited knowledge of wine growing up.  I knew that my mom drinks wine with ice cubes in it.  My older sister only drinks red wine, unless its prosecco.  Most of my family is more interested in beer, but many family trips we would stop at wineries as well as breweries to learn more about the products in general.

I studied abroad in Italy for a semester in college, but at the time I was 19 and wasn't too interested in how wine is made or where it came from(I was more interested in being able to legally drink it).  I went to one wine tasting at the person who described it to us was not very knowledgeable.  I do enjoy wine, and have come to appreciate it more than I did while in Italy.  I personally like white wine more if it is dry, and red wine more if it is sweet. 

In this course I would like to learn more general knowledge about wine.  I am interested to know the more cultural side of it.  I want to learn about how it effects the world in general. I like learning about how things as simple as wine can have a large influence.