If the bottle has a nice vibe, I will enjoy drinking it. The only measure of quality I can apply based on taste is if it does or doesn’t taste unpleasantly acidic. If I wanted to get into wine, I wouldn’t even know where to start.

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I suppose I used to, but now I also pay attention to the region, and type. I became familiar with which types of white were sweet and which were dry, and the spectrum of red wines ranging from Pinot Noir to Shiraz to Chianti to Cabernet Sauvignon. Overall my favorite is probably Rioja and Tempranillo, from Spain. Valpolicella is great too.

    I used to think I had to spend 20-40 on a bottle for it to be decent (2005-2012, so it would be more now) but eventually I figured out that actually some more expensive wines actually tasted worse to me. These days most wine that’s $10-25 is perfectly fine for me. I do prefer the more traditional looking labels vs. the more modern or gimmicky ones, not that it necessarily has anything to do with the wine (it could even literally be the same wine).

    So, the only way to figure it out is by trying them!