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There is no one type of wine drinker first of all. With that fact as our basis for moving ahead, you can see where you might come up with a gazillion different answers. I know there is no number relating to a Gazillion, but let it be enough that there are plenty of different types.

The range extends from the down and out street wino to the extremely upscale wine clubs found in the eastern seaboard of America. And then of course there are our European cousins that consume much more wine than we Americans do routinely. So who you ask about great wine will definitely influence the answer you get back.

So what is the point of asking anyway. Well, the who you need to ask may come as a surprise I imagine. That’s because the person to ask is YOU…yes you. After all it’s your palette that you need to please. Not anyone else’s, because you are the one drinking the wine and a pleasurable experience awaits you if you put your taste buds first.

What you choose to drink will depend greatly on the situation you find yourself in at the time wine is to be consumed. The importance of that is the fact that not all wines fit every occasion. So you must know at least some of the basics concerning wine or you could end up having a very unpleasant wine experience.

Wine 101: Wine typically comes in 3 basic colors. Red, White and Rose’. Then there are dry ( non sweet) wines ranging to the extreme….very sweet desert wines. These wines go with various types of foods usually. Wines that go with main courses, wines best served with deserts and then there is the wine to enjoyed just by it’s self. Actually all wines fit the latter category, depending on your mood and celebration.

Wine snobbery is for the most part a thing of the past. At present it has become more important for the individual to enjoy their selection than impressing someone with a wine believed by others to be the RIGHT wine for the gathering

While everything up till now is true, it’s pretty much an open game, there are a couple of things that you want to keep in mind. One is, you don’t want to select a desert wine such as Muscat to drink with dinner. That may seem like common sense and it is, but if you don’t know what Muscat is, then you could be at the front end of a very big surprise. Muscat is my favorite desert wine. As a child, I use to eat Muscat grapes fresh off the vine from wild grape vines that grew in our neighborhood. It was like free candy.

It is completely acceptable to drink a white wine with a dinner steak these days. Although up until recently, it was sort of taboo to drink white wine with red meat such as Beef, Veal, Venison or other game meats. Red was strictly the wine of choice. That is no longer true.

At some upscale eateries that have a wine Sommelier, traditional guidelines about food and great wine pairings seem to continue to a certain degree. When faced with this situation, it is up to you and your comfort level in making your wine selection. So a great wine would still be one that pleases your palette and feels comfortable ordering. Say a nice wine that makes you smile as you put glass to your lips. A wine type I failed to mention is Champagne. It is basically a sparkling wine, that when close to your nose make even make you giggle as the bubbles popping about your nose tickle the sniffer.

Back to the original question. What is a great wine? I believe it’s the wine that you like the most. A wine that brings you great pleasure. If you find fault with that, then just have a beer.

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