Comments on: Wine: Facing the Fear

By: foodrambler

foodrambler — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:36:40 +0000

Loving your wine tips. And thanks to Dan from Bibendum for bringing wine into my life!

By: Dan Coward

Dan Coward — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:08:12 +0000

Go forth and tell the world about wine! Yes! Yes! Yes!

*a little tear*

By: Robert (thirstforwine)

Robert (thirstforwine) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:51:16 +0000

great post – I’m so glad to see all the stuff you have learned over the last year since we started this little exploration together … now I just need to learn to cook!

thanks so much for helping to give the EWBC real perspective on how to reach people outside the trade

look forward to your future thoughts on wine too

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:34:45 +0000

On the Sunday at EWBC was the first time I’d spat wine. Sob. It was hard times.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:59:18 +0000

Brilliant summary of why wine is not an impenetrable fug of pretension, love it.

I sympathise with point 7, I have the same reticence when being told to spit it, muscle memory I guess…

By: Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen

Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:00 +0000

This is a great post, Helen! I too have a fear about tasting wines/ and or talking about it, because of the stigma. But I have been trying to learn more about it, and with this education, I have become a little less intimidated!

By: Wild Boar

Wild Boar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:42 +0000

Nice little guide on wine tasting and especially nice to know I don’t necessarily have to smell/taste what other peolpe do. I know what wines I like but the subtleties are often lost on me.

Seems a shame to have to spit it out though…

By: The Graphic Foodie

The Graphic Foodie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:11:12 +0000

Great pointers on starting out, I had been put off in the past. Thanks!

By: them apples

them apples — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:37:15 +0000

I have similar fears of wine, exacerbated enormously by the presence of a brother-in-law who’s ex-Berry Brothers and who now runs the online wine operation of a very posh and well known supermarket chain. It’s fair to say that he knows his stuff.

I stick to writing about beer, because said brother in law doesn’t know as much about that….

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:53:03 +0000

“Well, that’s because I only drink wine to get pissed.” – Just laughed so hard at that the wine I was in the middle of drinking came of my nose!

Love this post. A wine-buff friend took me to dinner one night and tried to teach me much of the above. Unfortunately, I drank too much wine during the explanation and remembered nothing. Much of what you said in this post is vaguely familiar… So glad you wrote this.