Acquiring Palate Experience

Choosing a bottle at a shop for dinner, or visiting wineries recreationally, are good ways to try a few wines. But how does the budding wine geek gain experience efficiently? Buying bottles to try is slow and expensive. Some wines worth knowing are rare or pricey. Max Hauser will review successful methods people have used to taste more wines economically. These range from working in a wine shop to starting a tasting group to public tastings by wine-education groups and even foreign consulates. Contrasts between wine tasting and wine drinking.