{"id":2317,"date":"2019-07-08T04:12:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T04:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/?p=2317"},"modified":"2021-12-08T06:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T06:21:19","slug":"watsons-wine-academy-how-to-learn-wine-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wine-101\/watsons-wine-academy-how-to-learn-wine-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Learn about Wine \u2013 Tips for Beginners!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wanting to learn wine-tasting but having no idea how? Why not hear the sharing of some wine lovers about how they get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check the Watson&#8217;s Wine Academy video now:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g5dEZHZT82w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Learn about the basics<\/strong>: Have a simple research and abundant information about wine can be found easily on books, courses, and the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Know more <strong>winery\/wine stories<\/strong>: it can strengthen your memory about the wine and increase your interest of it, thereby enhancing your motivation to learn more about wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Try more: try <strong>wines of difference prices, origins &amp; wine types<\/strong> to increase your understanding of wines of various styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <strong>Start from the easy<\/strong>: learn about <strong>single varietals<\/strong> first, including their names &amp; characteristics. For reds, you may start with Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz; for whites, Riesling &amp; sauvignon Blanc. As for regions, it is suggested to start from the <strong>New World<\/strong> to the Old World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Ask more: <strong>communicate more with wine lover<\/strong>s to learn about knowledge &amp; experience you can\u2019t acquire from books, such as talk with wine store staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Drink more, save more: You may join <strong>wine-tasting events<\/strong> to try different wines at once with the explanations of experts, and the cost is not particularly high; trying <strong>wine-by-glass<\/strong>, without needing to buy a whole bottle of wine that you are interested in; <strong>chip in for wines<\/strong> with friends to lower the cost of each individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. <strong>Relax<\/strong>: Chill down and don\u2019t force yourselves to handle wines with theories, <strong>enjoy every wine moment!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wanting to learn wine-tasting but having no idea how? Why not hear the sharing of some wine lovers about how they get started! Check the Watson&#8217;s Wine Academy video now: Summary: 1. Learn about the basics: Have a simple research and abundant information about wine can be found easily on books, courses, and the internet. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wine-101\/watsons-wine-academy-how-to-learn-wine-tasting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Learn about Wine \u2013 Tips for Beginners!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[],"fields":{"add_to_home_slider":"false","header_image":{"id":2345,"alt":"","title":"Untitled-2","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","width":600,"height":329,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2-600x329.jpg","medium-width":600,"medium-height":329,"medium_large":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":329,"large":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":329,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":329,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":329,"video-gallery":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2-300x169.jpg","video-gallery-width":300,"video-gallery-height":169,"full-panoramica":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","full-panoramica-width":600,"full-panoramica-height":329,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/api.watsonswine.com\/api\/v2\/wwhk\/blog/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":600,"post-thumbnail-height":329}},"background_image":false},"lang":"en","lang_code":{"zh-hk":2308,"zh-cn":2314,"en":2317},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8630,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/8630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watsonswine.com\/blog/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}