Tasting - Ruffino Lumina Pinot Grigio

 Name: Ruffino Lumina Pinot Grigio

Variety: 100% Pinot Grigio
Region: Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino
Country: Italy
Year: 2019
Price: $11

Winery review: Notes of meadow flowers, pears, and golden apple. The bouquet is fresh and complex, showing refined notes of sage and mint accompanied by an elegant minerality typical of Pinot Grigio. (Ruffino)

Wine Folly: pg. 499 Pinot Gris - I definitely tasted the lighter taste, but also could taste the peach parts in the wine. I did not taste the raw almond aspect of it, but I did manage to see why it could taste like gravel as mentioned. We did not get the right glass though to drink this wine as it was recommended to drink with a white glass.
My review: I actually really enjoyed this wine and it was a really smooth wine. The taste was peachy but managed to also include a strong lemon taste on the palate. It is definitely not as sweet as other wines I have had in the past, but I would come back to this wine. I had this wine without any food.

Personal Experience with Wine

     Hello and welcome to my blog about wine. This is where I will be documenting my experiences with wine throughout this spring semester of my senior year.  This first blog post will be about my personal experiences with wine thus far in my 22 years of living. My first experience with wine was actually out of a wine bag. I believe it was a Pink Moscato Franzia. So not the best introduction into the world of wine, but nonetheless it was wine and it was my first wine I had ever consumed.

    Recently though, in the past couple of months, I have strayed from drinking regular beer and started dipping my toes into wine, especially white wine. I have found that I really do enjoy white wines over reds and it is my go to type of wine that I would drink if I do choose to drink wine on some nights. Although I do not find myself ordering wine at a bar anytime soon, but I do order wine at some restaurants sometimes especially if I ask the waiter what kind of wine on their menu pairs well with their dishes.

I definitely hope to expand my knowledge about wine in general and get more comfortable with drinking and describing the wines that I have. I also look to try out new wines and get out of my comfort zone with drinking wine in general and not only sticking to white wines.