Personal Experience With Wine

This is my start into the journey of wine. My name is Daniel and I have absolutely no experience with wine except for some sips here and there up to this point in my life. The few times I have tried it made me never want to drink it again. However, I am hoping that my palette has changed and that as I have grown to appreciate other things that I can grow to enjoy wine. 

This class has always been a class I wanted to take but have put off as I was just trying to get my core credits to graduate. Now I am in my last semester as a senior and have no more excuses to delay it any longer, so here I am. I originally heard about the course when Professor Boyer came into my marketing class advertising both his class and the Blacksburg Wine Lab. I first passed him off as a pretentious and snobby guy, because of my view on wine. Just viewing the few videos and lectures from this class so far has changed my mind. He just seems to be a very, very ecstatic dude about wine and is the furthest away from perceived image of him. 

I have already been to the Wine Lab twice this semester and was really impressed on how cozy and relaxed it felt. The staff were super nice and encouraging of trying new things. It is difficult for me to discern of what I like among the wines, but I'm looking forward to the adventure of finding my favorite types of wine. It felt weird following Boyer's advice swirling, smelling, and literally almost "chewing" the wine. I was hesitant as I thought I would look dumb and out of place. It actually worked! The wine did taste different and I was able to pickup on different hints of the wine. I hope as I progress through this class that I gain more insight and views on wine.