Introduction Post: My Personal Experience with Wine

Hi there! My name is Abby and I am starting this blog page to document my experience in the Geography of Wine class by John Boyer at Virginia Tech. I am a senior majoring in Building Construction and I am also the captain of the Associated Schools of Construction Concrete Team here at VT. With that being said, a class like this (which includes a lot of writing about my own feelings towards wine) is way out of my comfort zone. I am really excited to start this class and to take it with a few friends. I think this will be a great learning experience, and I will learn so much about wine. I anticipate that this class will teach me very basic life skills all the way up to (semi) advanced wine connoisseur skills, which I can take through life!

My personal experience with wine thus far in my life has been what I would describe as fairly minimal. Times in my life that I have consumed wine include mostly at Italian restaurants, where I typically opt for either the cheapest or most easy-to-pronounce glass of red. I also really enjoy sparking wine such as champagne, and that is about it. 

I do not know much about wine and I want to learn about all of the different types of wine and which ones I like the best. I also want to learn about what types of food pair well with the different types of wine, so I can pick out great selections for dinners. Overall, I am super excited to get started in this class and I hope that I learn a lot!