点评:My wife and I received a Groupon voucher for Christmas to do a wine tasting experience. When we looked it up, we realised it was over an hour away from where we live which wasn’t an ideal drive back when you’ve had something to drink so we combined it with an overnight friend visit nearby.
We were also a bit sceptical about whether this would be a private experience or a group one, but as it turns out it was just the two of us which was great.
We were welcomed very warmly, even though the ambient temperature was more suited for keeping your wines very drinkable over time, we were taught all the things that we needed to know as budding connoisseurs, also were offered a great selection of wines and charcuterie nibbles.
Mike asked us about our wine preferences and took those into account when selecting which wines we taste, and taught us how to judge a wine like they do in international wine competitions.
On top of these, the exercises we had to do during the tasting sessions kept us engaged and entertained. Mike truly knows this wine 'shtuff', and it transformed all the initial doubt into rather glorious excitement, leading to an amazing experience.
Mike's style and storytelling is quite captivating and it allowed us to truly understand things to which we were completely oblivious, understand that cheap wine is most likely not made out of a great deal of actual wine, and why buying quality wine is essential to one's true enjoyment and health (e.g. don't drink wine-based stuff...).
Having had the chance to try a variety of wines, and a few other liqueurs, such as cognac (brandy), we ended up buying 6 bottles of wine and 2 of brandy.
We have opened 2 so far and are looking forward to opening all of them as soon as we want to celebrate various things in our lives.
Thank you once again, Mike, it has been an absolute pleasure, and we will be recommending this experience and your wines to our wine loving friends!
翻译:我和妻子收到了一张 Groupon 的圣诞品酒券。查了一下,发现那里离我们住的地方有一个多小时的路程,喝完酒后开车回去不太方便,所以我们把品酒和在附近过夜的朋友家访结合起来。
我们一开始也有点犹豫,不知道这次体验是私人的还是集体的,但结果只有我们两个人,这感觉很棒。
我们受到了非常热情的欢迎,尽管周围的环境温度更适合让葡萄酒长时间保持最佳饮用状态,但我们还是学到了所有作为鉴赏家需要了解的知识,还提供了丰富的葡萄酒和熟食小吃供我们选择。
Mike 询问了我们的葡萄酒偏好,并在选择品酒时考虑到了这些因素,还教我们如何像国际葡萄酒大赛那样评判葡萄酒。
除此之外,品酒环节的练习也让我们乐在其中,并乐在其中。Mike 对葡萄酒这门“门道”了如指掌,他把最初的疑虑转化为无比的兴奋,最终带来了一次绝妙的体验。
Mike 的风格和讲解方式引人入胜,让我们真正理解了之前完全不了解的事情,明白了廉价葡萄酒很可能并非由大量真正的葡萄酒酿造而成,以及为什么购买优质葡萄酒对真正的享受和健康至关重要(例如,不要喝以葡萄酒为原料的酒……)。
我们有机会品尝了各种葡萄酒,以及一些其他利口酒,例如干邑白兰地,最终买了 6 瓶葡萄酒和 2 瓶白兰地。
到目前为止,我们已经开了 2 瓶,期待着在庆祝生活中各种重要时刻时,将它们全部开封。
再次感谢您,迈克,这真是一次非常愉快的经历,我们会向我们热爱葡萄酒的朋友推荐这次体验和您的葡萄酒!