Winery Touring Tips

Wine is a great way to compliment delicious food, social functions or even a simple outing. If you are and your friends are wine enthusiasts or even if you are just starting to get into wine, it’s important that you experience the many wonders that wineries have to offer. So before you plan a trip out to explore and tour some of your local wineries, be sure to read up on some the great tips and suggestions on visiting wineries and winery etiquette. Here are a couple of new tips and suggestions to help you during your next winery visit.

1. Don’t be afraid to try new and unfamiliar things. By sticking only to grapes that you are familiar with, you could possibly be missing out on some of the regional specialty grapes or hybrids.

2. You’re likely to be asked “What kind of wine do you like?” quite often, so be sure that you have an answer lined up. As an ice-breaker, tasting room servers have a tendency to ask this question reflexively. If you find that you aren’t very familiar or comfortable with wine, it will prove difficult for you to give a good answer on the spot. If you think that you might only be into dry wines, for example, it still is best that you try some that are sweet and vice versa. A great answer that you can give, is something along the lines of, “I enjoy all kinds of wines. What would you recommend I start with?”

3. Inquire where the grapes have been grown. Nowadays, lots of wineries all over the country use grapes grown in Califo
ia or other faraway places. While there isn’t anything wrong with that, it’s fun still fun to taste wines made from grapes that are grown locally to the winery you are at. If for whatever reason you find yourself hesitant to ask, just sneak a peek at the wine’s label. Typically wines that say “estate bottled” are wines that have been grown just around the corner.

If you ever have any other questions about the wines you are tasting or just wine in general, feel free to ask the Temecula wine tasting hosts of Ponte Winery. Ponte Winery is one of the finest Temecula wineries in Southern Califo
ia.