We're Taking a Flight!

Wine flights......growing each week in popularity across the world. It is a great way to be able to have a fine evening out with friends experimenting with several different types of wines and keeping the cost low and still being able to have a pleasurable amount of wine. Most give a choice of 4 or 5 1 oz or 2 oz sampling for $5-$10. I came across one wine bar in Kansas which gives 12...I think that is a bit much even at 1 oz sizes. Flights are tastings of multiples so you can get a real feel for the type you would like to drink. A flight for me on a night out would be sufficient for me to get by the evening on. Remember you mustn't drink and drive. Then the next time you go out for a wine you have a very good idea of the wine you would like to order. It is a great way to educate the public on the fantastic's of wine tasting. Many will not try this but those true wine lover's, eager to learn will jump for joy to this idea. For those bars and restaurants who are truly into this idea they will provide you with pen and paper, but be sure to carry your own. It will soon become an interest to you if you love wine. The gathering of those you enjoy spending time with, learning about the common drink you share. Laughing, talking, remembering wines of before the flight you are on now. The growing you can discuss in the future to where your wine travels have taken you as a group. It is oh such a wonderful feeling to have this human bond and connection with one or more of your special friends. A good wine flight will come with a flyer or some sort of paperwork already prepared to let you know what you have in front of you. This way the only notes needed to be taken are your findings which are personally yours. You may see, taste, smell something entirely different that what someone else may. At times our senses need to be trained for various reasons. I think they should have a "Wine Flight Club" where each week or night of the week a certain "flight"takes off for the evening at a special price.

Consider going on a flight real soon with your friends...we are planning one for an outing. It will be a nice field trip for the group! You can even purchase these flight bars for your home bar at Barnes & Noble and other stores.

Cheers!

Tastingroom.com

I stumbled upon this unique site the other day called Tasting Room. Here you can order tasting sets of 4 or 6 tiny bottles allowing you to sample wines before you purchase the larger bottles. You pick a wine sampler, have it shipped to your home to try and then you can make your mind up about a future purchase. It is your own "wine flight" brought direct to your door so you can have your very own private taste within the walls of your home. Then you can purchase the larger bottles of those you wish to have in your wine collection. Their top six samplers are:

1. Napa Valley Wines I----hand selected reds and whites from Napa
   
2. Six Pinot Noirs---six pinots, six regions, one flight
   
3. Hidden Gems---the best of smaller wineries
   
4. A Tour of The Wine Road---treasures of Sonoma Valley
   
5. Red Essentials---classic California wines
   
6. A Tour of California---six varietals from six wineries

T.A.S.T.E. Technology™ -- which stands for “Total Anaerobic Sample Transfer Environment.”

Using T.A.S.T.E. Technology, the wine in the big bottles is transferred directly into mini bottles in a sealed, zero-oxygen chamber. A state-of-the-art production facility was built in Northern California, in the heart of the wine country, expressly for this purpose. There’s nothing like it anywhere in the world.1 normal size bottle yields 15 samples. 1 gets tasted and if it passes the taste test then the other 14 get packaged for selling.

Visit them today & pick a sampling for your home!