Drink this now lesson 4/10/23

 I did lesson 2: Glassware 

I did this lesson with Leilani Scott. Coming into this I didn't think that the glassware would make a difference. 

I used a shot glass, a short juice glass, a tall glass, a wine glass, a mug and a pyrex container.  And we had homemade bread to cleanse our palate. 

The white wine we tried first was Licia Albarino. 

Shot	Smell: Citrus, musty, dry and definitely not sweet Taste: Acidic, strong and then nothing, not much fruit flavor.
Juice	Smell: Cheesy or moldy
Tall	Smell: Moldy, more acidic than other two before, cheesy
Wine	Smell: Acidic, apple, pear, no cheese smell Taste: strong acidic, lemon zing, powerful body, its light and then it hits your mouth
Mug	Smell: faint citrus maybe pear
Pyrex	Smell: hard to get a clear smell, but hints sweet pear  Taste: water-like, less flavor, not strong after taste

Moving from the shot glass to the pyrex glass the flavors were too intense, just right and then barely there. It was interesting how the shape of the wine glass is perfect for drinking wine. I couldn't believe how bad the wine tasted and smelled in the shot glass. It smelled exaclty like a dirty rag. Then it smelled so sweet and fruity in the wine glass. It was very suprising that each glass had the same wine in it. 

Albarino in the glasses

The red wine we did was Jacob's Creek Shiraz. 

Shot	Smell: It was a very strong vinegar  Taste: no flavor really, just a warm substance, wasn’t as bad as the white wine
Juice	Smell: I got hints of earthy smells, maybe dirt, grass and sweet hints
Tall	Smell: vanilla and a little sweet as well
Wine	Smell: cherry, vanilla, sweet, smelled good Taste: had lots of tannins, bg cherry flavors, and an after taste of vanilla
Mug	Smell: small notes of cherry, clean maybe like steel
Pyrex	Smell: super faint, but still could smell the cherry Taste: less flavors of cherry, tannins still present but not as forceful

This was a little bit different then the white wine. I didn't tast many flavors in the shot glass, it could have been that I drank it too fast. Then again that why we don't drink wine out of a shot glass. I did get the most flavors out of the wine glass. I did enjoy the wine a lot when it was in the correct glass. 

Shiraz in the glasses

Overall, there was a big difference between all the glasses even the size varied by a little bit. I now understand the importance of drinking wine out of a wine glass and will never drink it out of anything else.