Wine Tasting at BLA3

How many times have you said ¨I know nothing about wine¨? Well, after last night´s Introduction to Wine Tasting Workshop there was no way we were going to finish the evening wine-unaware! BCEA students took part in this journey of discovery using all their senses to discover in a variety of Spanish wines from different wine producing areas.

Juan Manuel Gonzalvo, our enologist for the evening, helped explain how to train our senses to distinguish and identifyflavors, aromas, textures and colors. First of all we kicked off with colors. From a selection of Spanish red wines that we looked at, we were able to compare red shades with the color charts given in our handy bilingual information packs, we found tones of ruby, cherry and terracotta tile. Given the chance to swill our glasses in a professional fashion we picked out from the white wines fruit and citrus aromas. We even noted butter in one of the reds!! Juan Manuel and the BLA3 team were patient, helpful, passionate and knowledgable on their subject. We had begun the evening with the history and process of winemaking which gave us a good foundation, and the why and where of Wine. Midway, through we stopped for a break in the BLA3 cellar for a delicious


tapa of tortilla de patata and jamón to help us through the evening! We returned eagerly for part two, red wines, by which time we had sharpened our tastebuds and honed our noses and were on the ball for aroma, color and flavor diagnosis.

A great evening which has us practising our Spanish, using our senses and having fun.