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In Reply to: Newbie: Dazed and confused in wine!! posted by Phantom on November 20, 2000 at 20:16:00:
Hello Phantom!When I started out collecting wine last year, I just bought whatever had the highest scores. It's very easy to do it that way. Then I started finding wines with high scores but I couldn't pronounce their names because they were from places like France and Spain and Italy and other regions that weren't Napa or Sonoma.
It was all very mystifying (not to mention dazing and confusing) to me until I decided to focus on one area at a time. When I wanted to learn about France, I bought a French cookbook that was divided up by regions and would try new recipes with wine from that particular region. It was great, because Cahors doesn't taste so good unless you're drinking it with food from the area. Same thing with some of the weirder Rhone wines- the traditionally styled wines don't taste right unless you serve them with food of their original locale. This works well too with Italian wines or any wine from a culture where they grow things and cook them.
Of course, this whole idea goes out the window if you're just buying wine based on points because those wines are mainly manufactured to score points and taste good in blind tastings. Keep in mind that there are some wines you buy to drink and other wines you buy to collect. Collecting is fun early on but eventually you'll want to drink 'em up!
Ciao-
Eden
PS: Don't forget to get a copy of Hugh Johnson's Wine Atlas and Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes. They'll answer all sorts of questions that you'd have never thought to ask!
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