Three premium wine clubs
Having been a wine connoisseur and drinker for nigh on 20 years, I would like to think of my wine knowledge as being good, but even so I still search for ways to expand my wine intelligence.
The challenge when it comes to wine appreciation is how to manage with all of the new wines and vintages that appear every year from thousands of wineries around the globe. The question of how to keep up is made significantly more difficult with the increasing number of new wineries coming on stream 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 significant number of wines produced each vintage are not that good or are of only average quality, these quaffing wines should be eliminated from your wine tasting schedule completely thus minimizing 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 reduced number of wines to taste?
Perhaps having Robert Parker as your personal wine advisor might be a good idea?
I recently came across what can only be described as premium wine clubs that only distributes wines that have achieved 90 points or greater when examined by Masters of Wines. All wines are effectively of Gold medal wine quality. 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?
Have you thought about expanding your wine knowledge and palate by trying international red wines this year?. New world wines such as South African Pinotage, New Zealand Pinot noir, and Australian Shiraz have made a resounding impact on the palates of wine masters with their qualities. Add in old world wines such as Tempranillo and Montepulciano and you have the building blocks for rapidly increasing your wine expertise.An introduction to premium international red wines can be achieved by joining the WSJ wine red wine club. Once again, the selection process is carried out by leading wine experts 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 gain membership to a Gold medal wine club that only has the very best ultra premium wines available in small quantities – very exclusive for a limited membership. This 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 receive the very best wines exclusively so you are achieving fantastic value for your money with the wine you buy and consume.
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