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Wine Tasting - The Sense of Sight
Wine tasting basics begin with knowing how to use your senses to understand, interpret, and enjoy the wine. The ability to recognize what you see, and furthermore describe it in clear terms, is a very important wine tasting skill.
Although some may say the appearance of the wine is the least important aspect with regard to the senses, it is still worth noting. When examining appearance, we are looking for clarity and color. We want the wine to be free of any sediment, leaving it clear and brilliant. Red wines tend to lose their color as they mature, while white wines tend to grow darker with age. A good quality wine generally will be intense in color. The "legs" seen running down the sides of a glass after being swirled, are an indication of flavor density. It is best to use a plain white background, and tilt the glass slightly as you observe clarity and color.
Wine Tasting - The Sense of Touch
Touch is an important category of taste sensation. This is where we try to feel the wine on the palate. Here we seek to find impressions of such things as texture, body, temperature, and astringency. The aftertaste, finish, and length of a wine are all things we feel on our palate. We are looking for how the wine feels in weight (light, medium, full) and texture (silky, coarse, velvety). Try to observe how long the sensations last in your mouth. Most will tell you the longer it lasts, the better the wine!
Locals - A Collective Tasting Room
Come visit us at Locals located at the gateway to Alexander Valley in the once sleepy hamlet of Geyserville. Locals is a collective tasting room featuring the wines of 6 local boutique wineries. Taste over 30 unique wines from talented and noted neighborhood winemakers. These are small-scale producers making premium quality and hard to find award-winning wines.
While sampling these unique selections, discover the works of area black and white photographers, listen to music from local Sonoma Country musicians and be intrigued by Locals whimsical collection of art moderne wine accessories. It all combines to create an eclectic and tasty environment.
www.tastelocalwines.com
707.857.4900
yummy@tastelocalwines.com
Livermore / Tri-Valley Winery List
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Bent Creek Winery
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Bodegas Aguirre Winery
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Cedar Mountain Winery
Charles R Vineyards
Chouinard Vineyards
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Concannon Vineyard
Crooked Vine Winery
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Deer Ridge Vineyards
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Elliston Vineyards
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Fenestra Winery
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Garre Vineyard and Winery
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John Christopher Cellars
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Les Chenes Estate Vineyards
Little Valley Winery
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Livermore Valley Cellars
Longevity Wines
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McGrail Vineyards & Winery
Mitchell Katz Winery
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Murrieta's Well
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Occasio Winery
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Page Mill Winery
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Red Feather Winery
Retzlaff Estate Vineyards
Rios-Lovell Winery
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Rodrigue Molyneaux Vineyard & Winery
Ruby Hill Winery
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Steven Kent & La Rochelle Wineries
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Tamas Estates
Tesla Vintners Tasting Room
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The Singing Winemaker
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Wente Vineyards Estate Winery
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Wood Family Vineyards
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