Wine Education

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I spent two years at College studying wines for a couple of hours a week. I did my WSET Level 2 & 3. Not bad considering I wasn't yet 18 and legal. Eee lad, back in them days.....

http://www.wsetglobal.com/

I got pretty good at blind tastings, especially Bordeaux and Burgundy Reds. So good in fact that my Wine Master gave me sweet German wines to do for my dissertation (Git)!

I just found this video of Oz Clarke giving a talk on wines, it's just so good and well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjppUsSGkdo

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Added sulphates? Look at the bottom of the bottle to see if there are crystals sitting there. Cheap fix for rough wines.

It's like the old joke says. What's the difference between a MG and a girl drinking gin?

Nothing, they'll both breakdown at sometime during the evening.