Ep 200: A Re-Intro to WFNP & How To Begin in Wine

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 10 September 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

After a few listener questions on what WFNP was, is, and will be, we hit restart. We talk about: What if you or a friend were new to wine? How should they approach the subject? Where should they start? We answer & then add a few words from our 1st listener, Douglas Trapasso.

Here are the show notes:

1. We answer:

What is Wine for Normal People?
Who are our listeners?
How did WFNP get started and where is it going?
The climate of wine now v. when we started

2. We then shift gears and address the topic of introducing wine novices to wine appreciation. Phase one of the intro involves:

Do a little research before you drink. Mainly on yourself - figure out what kinds of foods you like to eat. NOT For pairing – for finding wines that fit your profile.
- Go by fruit groups, start with wines that taste like fruit, Don't start sweet
- Buy the best version you feel comfortable buying (a tier or two above normal)
- Have them with cheese or food
Take note of what you like. Explore that grape from different places. Then find things that are similar

3. Phase 2 involves:

Listen to the podcast on topics you like. Read or listen in digestible bits. Do you like history? Do you like food? Do you like travel? Architecture? Science? What do you like to read about or know about? Wine has it all. Start with whatever topic is fascinating vis a vis wine.
Read Wine Folly or Vine Pair to get digestible bits of info
Remember: what grows together, goes together
Be an explorer – keep pushing yourself into new wines, don’t get hung up on 1 wine type because you like it. If you don’t like a wine or a region, keep at it. Try at least 1 a year from various classic regions – BTG or buy a bottle. Just to check in on your palate evolution.
Keep reading, keep listening, take WFNP classes, which will soon be online

Contest!! If you bring two friends who want to know more about wine, and have them like the page and listen to the podcast. I'll pick one of these groups and reward them with a free online live chat on any wine topics they wish. Post on Social Media with their names and I'll select a winning group!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio,
0:10.0	the podcast for people who like wine but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:14.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Silmaier and certified specialist of wine.
0:20.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:23.0	Well, we are at episode 200.
0:26.0	Can you believe it?
0:28.0	I can.
0:29.0	I can. I actually feel very guilty.
0:30.0	I feel like we should be having more episodes than just 200, but there's
0:35.3	been listen here's the thing if you listen to podcast regularly you know that we
0:41.9	have many things going on where sort of a one and a half man
0:46.1	band over here and so you know things like having babies
0:51.2	is Ellie the half man?
0:53.0	Actually, Ellie is like a, well maybe then she's the two and a half man,
0:56.2	but Ellie, you should come over here.
0:58.0	You might have just heard her collar rattle.
0:59.7	Chingling.
1:00.5	Maybe we can get her to bark for you later. Oh, she'd be happy to.
1:04.0	So kind of a one-man band, so stuff happens in life, like, you know, having babies or, or extensive travel,
1:11.0	we can't always make the podcast come out and we've asked before.
1:15.6	Renovating your house and moving and moving.
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