Why do they say wine tastes like wierd stuff?

Question

I thought wine was supposed to taste like grape juice with alcohol? I was watching www.winelibrarytv.com and the guy explains a wine "with the taste of dirt, grass, etc." and then he says he likes it. What the hell is up?

Answer 1

Because wine isn't just made from grapes.

And it isn't grape juice with alcohol. It is grape juice, or other fruit juice, fermented to become alcohol.

Wines can have all kinds of different ingredients, and you can provide different flavor just by aging it in different types of barrels. They also use different types of yeast.

Here is some good information on wine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine

Answer 2

All wines are slightly different because of the way they are aged. Oak barrels from different areas will give the wine different smells and hints of flavor. Part of the enjoyment of wine is the aroma before you actually drink it. The "nose" of the wine could have notes of roses, apples, pears, cherries and so on. It just has to do with the type of grapes they use, how long it stays in the barrel and what the barrel is made from.

This may sounds a little pretentious, but the more wine you drink, the more subtle differences you will find. However, if there is a wine you like, then enjoy it and don't worry about all the other stuff.

Answer 3

Wine is grape juice yes, but different types (varietals) of grapes have different flavors. The flavor of the grape can be affected by the soil it is grown in, what is grown around the grapes, and all weather related items...such as rain, sun, air temperature and harvest time. When they ferment the grapes they add sugar, sometimes malolactic acid (if it is white and only sometimes) to add oak flavor, then age it in stainless barrels, French oak barrels, American oak barrels... and sometimes a combination. The length of time it is aged also affects the flavors. What you are eating at the time can drastically alter the flavor of the wine as well bringing out different notes you would not normally pick up on.

Answer 4

There is more than just the grapes that contribute to the taste of wine. Sometimes the type of barrel that the wine is stored in could change the taste. Sometimes they use other types of fruit, other than grapes to make wine and that changes the taste.

Answer 5

He has a more sophisticated palate than yours.

Wine experts ignore the basic flavor of a wine. Oh, if someone produced a madeira that tasted like a catawba, they'd definitely note that, but since all wines of a given type taste pretty much alike, they concentrate on the high notes and aftertaste.

If it ends up sounding like Frasier and Niles talking to each other, that's because Frasier and Niles are making fun of pretentious snobbery.

Answer 6

do you taste something other than grain when you have beer? or does tequila taste like cactus juice? That's what they are. fermentation changes whatever the original juice is into something totally different. And the land where whatever it is you are drinking is grown changes things dramatically.

some people don't taste it. My mom can't for the life of her taste or smell any of those flavors. She said it just tastes like wine. I had a glass of zinfandel years ago from Cline Cellars in Sonoma, California and I kid you not, it tasted like somebody had warmed up a jar of black berry jam and handed it to me.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

for some people it does, i personally dont like wine, im more of a beer guy.