How To Find Out What Is Your Wine Taste

So many times, we hear recommendations such as “this chicken dish matches well with a dry, white wine”, or “you cannot serve red wine at fish”. Franky, I was never able to remember what matches what, so I usually ignore such things. Besides, I like only sweet, white wines, so my choice is very restrictive. I imagine each of us has a particular taste in the case of wine, like in the case of food: if you don’t like how eggplants taste, this is it!

But have you ever heard about tasteID? TasteID is a measure of how you like wines, and you can read more about it, and even take the tests yourself on the TasteVine website, which is in the same time a search engine for wines and a social networking place for wine lovers.

Registration is very easy and free, all you have to do is to supply a username, a password and an e-mail address, and you are brought directly to your profile page, which you can customize on the spot by indicating your white or red wine preferences: sweet, dry, fruity…

If you want to establish your tasteID, you’ll have to fill in some questionnaires about a series of wines chosen in such a way that you’ll find them easily on the market, and they won’t empty your wallet or your credit card. Chances are that you have already tasted those wines, as they are quite common: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Chardonnay etc.

After you rate one of the wines, you’ll be able to see the profiles of other people in the network who liked that particular wine, and you’ll be able to add them as friends, send them messages, or exchange opinions about your favorite wines.

The search engine returns wines that match your search string. For each item in the results, you have three options: to view more details, to review it, or to buy it online. Or you can read what other sites say about that wine. I tried to search “fish”, hoping I’ll get a list of wines that match with fish dishes, but I’ve got a list of wines which contain “Fish” in the name (maybe because the site seems to be quite young, and there are not many reviews in there yet).

If you want to learn about wine, you can study the wineries catalogue, which contains a lot of wine producers, with lists of their wines production by year. There is also the possibility to order online if you wish.

Briefly, I think I’ll use again my account I’ve created. This idea of bringing together wine lovers, in a social network, sounds good and I’m sure I’ll have the chance to improve my knowledge in this field.

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