Gold Medal Wine Clubs
Having been a wine enthusiast and drinker for more than 20 years, I would like to think of my wine knowledge as being good, but even so I continue to search for ways to expand my wine knowledge.
Every season there is a new vintage with new wines appearing on the market from across the planet which creates a major challenge for wine consumers such as myself. The question of how to keep up is compounded with the increasing number of new wineries coming into production as well as new wine blends and new regions emerging.
However once you have partially ascended the ladder of wine knowledge you can through a process of elimination get to taste a percentage of premium wines and thus selectively enhance your palates wine knowledge.
Given that a high percentage of wines produced each season are not that good or are of only average quality, these quaffing wines could be removed from your wine tasting schedule completely thus reducing the field down to the top 10-15% of wines for consideration. Still a huge number of high quality, premium wines remain, so what is the next step towards arriving at a manageable number of wines to consume?
How about exclusively tasting wines that have been recommended by leading wine experts such as Robert Parker? I was not surprised when I recently discovered a premium wine club whose wines are selected by wine masters and all wines score 90 points and above. This means they are all Gold medal wines. The wines are nominated by the likes of Robert Parker, Stephen Tanzar, and Wine Enthusiast magazine – I mean these guys all know their stuff. What better way to assure yourself of the premium nature of the wines you are tasting?
Another great way to expand your wine knowledge in 2010 is to break away from thinking locally and try some international wines. Wines such as New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, Australian Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, and South African Pinotage are shaking the wine world with their quality. Add in old world wines such as Tempranillo and Montepulciano and you have the building blocks for rapidly enhancing your wine knowledge.
An introduction to premium international wines can be gained by joining this international wine club. Once again, the selection process is carried out by leading wine masters and you can decide when and how often you wish to receive deliveries.
Should time for wine tasting be constrained for you personally over the next 12 months, one suggestion would be to join a wine appreciation club that only has the very best ultra premium wines available in small quantities – very exclusive for a limited membership. This premium wine club has only the best wines – yes that also equates to being more expensive – but when selected for you by Masters of Wine, there is no guesswork regarding the wine quality. You will achieve fantastic value for money with of this wine club membership given you are receiving only the very best wines and in manageable quantities.
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