WINE
WINE TASTING.... YOU KNOW IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST ENJOYING
YOUR GLASS... OR AS
ADVANCED AS
DESCRIBING THE TASTES
BY USING WORDS LIKE
"TANINS" OR "NOTES".
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
MORE ON THE BEGINNER
SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM...
THEN HERE'S YOUR
CHANCE TO GO TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.
I WENT TO HELLS
CANYON WINERY IN
CALDWELL TO BRING YOU
WINE TASTING 101...
WE'RE AT HELL'S CANYON
WINERY HERE IN THE
SUNNY SLOPE REGION IN
CANYON COUNTY AND I'M
JOINED BY THE OWNER...
THIS IS THE LOVELY
HADLEY. YOU AND I WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE WINE
INDUSTRY IN IDAHO IS
JUST BOOMING. IT'S
REALLY GROWING AND
ALONG WITH THAT IS A
LOT OF INTEREST FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE
CURIOUS ABOUT OUR
AMAZING WINES IN THIS
GREAT STATE. SO, LET'S DO
A WINE TASTING 101 AND
HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND SOME OF
THE PROCESS THAT WE
MIGHT CARRY OUT,
ESPECIALLY TO A PLACE
LIKE THIS.
SO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
JUST SEE THE DIFFERENCES
IN COLOR, WE'VE GOT
WHITE AND THE ROSE
WHICH IS COVERED A LOT
OF DIFFERENT SHADES OF
PINK OR CORAL OR
SALMON. AND THEN
WE'VE GOT A RED BLEND
AND WHAT I TELL PEOPLE
IS JUST TO TAKE THEIR
TIME AND JUST LIKE YOU
WOULD DO WITH
ANYTHING MAYBE WHEN
SOMEBODY SETS A PLATE
OF FOOD IN FRONT OF
YOU WHEN IT'S STEAMING
YOU WOULD SMELL IT.
WITH THE CHARDONEY,
FOR ME, IT'S JUST KIND OF
CREAMY OR BUTTERY.
SO YOU GET A LITTLE
TANGYNESS.... LITTLE
CREAMINESS A LITTLE
TANGYNESS, AND SO
THAT'S COMPLEX
FLAVORS. A LITTLE BIT OF
GRIMY TASTE.
IT JUST GIVES YOU A
FEELING OF
EMPOWERMENT.... WHEN
YOU'RE SMELLING A WINE
AND LIKE IT SMELLS LIKE
WINE OR IT TASTES LIKE
WINE. WHAT AM I
LOOKING FOR, RIGHT, AND
SOMETIMES I'LL GIVE
PEOPLE AND THEY'LL ASK
ME LIKE THIS WINE
RESERVE CHARDONNAY
SAYS HONEYSUCKLE
NECTAR TROPICAL
PINEAPPLE AND MANGO.
SO, THEY WANT TO KNOW
IF THOSE ARE ADDED
FLAVORS IN THE WINE. SO
OUR WINE AND MOST
WINES ARE JUST 100% OF
GRAPES. BUT THOSE WINE
NOTES OR FLAVOR
PROFILES CAN COME
FROM THE RIPENESS OF
THE GRAPE, HOW THE
WINE WAS PRODUCED...
WAS IT IN A BARREL OR A
TANK.
AND SO THOSE FLAVOR
ATTRIBUTES ARE JUST THE
NOTES. THAT'S THE
SUGGESTED
REMEMBERACE OF WHAT
THIS MIGHT BE LIKE GOT
IT. OKAY, NOW I'LL WALK
ME THROUGH THE
SAMPLING OF THE ROSE.
SO THE ROSE THIS IS
ACTUALLY A CABRONET.
OKAY.
IT'S A RED GRAPE THAT WE
MAKE A VERY PINK WINE
OUT OF. IT TENDS TO BE
VERY FLORAL IN THE NOSE
SO IF YOU SMELL IT....
YOU MIGHT SMELL
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT, OR YOU
MIGHT SMELL JASMINE. A
LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE
THINK PINK OR ROSE A
WINE IS SWEET, BECAUSE
IT'S PINK, BUT IT'S, IT CAN
RUN THE GAMUT FROM
DRY TO SWEET JUST LIKE
MOST WINES. SO THAT
FROM THE ROSAE, WE DO
HAVE A WINE THAT DOES
GET SOME OF THAT
PIGMENT. RIGHT, WHICH
WOULD BE THE YES SO
THIS IS A BLEND IS A
CABERNET SAUVIGNON,
CABERNET FROM
MARLOW BLEND WE CALL
SEVEN DEVILS RED FOR
THE SEVEN DEVILS
MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO.
SO WITH THESE WHAT WE
DO IS WE HARVEST THE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
WILL THE MERLO AND
THEY GO WHOLE BERRY
INTO A TANK, AND THEY
SIT ON THEIR SKINS IN
THE TANK DURING
FERMENTATION AND SO IT
EXTRACTS ALL THE COLOR
AND THE TANNINS FROM
THE SKINS AND THE
SEEDS. SO AS A FIRST TIME
WINE DRINKER 101, WHAT
IS TANNINS, SO WE CAN IS
THE DRYNESS OR
CHALKY-NESS OF THE
WINE CREATED IN YOUR
MOUTH. SO A LOT OF
TIMES, YOU KNOW THE
SMELL IT SMELLS LIKE
WHAT THE SMELLS
INCREDIBLE THIS WANTS
TO BE A PERFUME I THINK
I WANT TO WEAR THIS. SO
DO YOU SMELL ANY KIND
OF LIKE OAKYNESS OR
TREE. YES. SO YES, THE
FRUIT. JUST LIKE YOU BITE
INTO THAT RED DELICIOUS
APPLES IN THE SKIN IS A
LITTLE MORE DRY SO KIDS
YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS
WANT YOU TO CUT THE
SKIN OFF BECAUSE IT
DRIES OUT YOUR MOUTH.
SO YOU GET THAT
DRYNESS FROM THE FRUIT,
WHEN IT'S IN THAT TANK
COMING INTO CONTACT
WITH THE SKIN AND THE
SEEDS, BUT THEN ALSO
FROM THE OAK, TO GET
FRUIT TANNINS FROM THE
FRUIT AND OAK TANNINS
FROM THE BARREL, I AM
LEARNING SO MUCH.
THERE'S A LOT TO KNOW I
REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST
ENJOYING IT IS
IMPORTANT TO. OKAY BUT
SO THE BIG QUESTION IS
WHAT MAKES A WINE A
GOOD WINE? I THINK,
ULTIMATELY WINE IS LIKE
ART, DIFFERENT WINES
ARE GOING TO APPEAL TO
DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO
YOU MIGHT LIKE A REALLY
SWEET WINE, AND I
MIGHT LIKE A REALLY DRY
WINE, AND I MIGHT NOT
LIKE YOUR SWEET WINE
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S NOT A GOOD WINE,
BECAUSE IT'S THE WINE
THAT YOU LIKE. SO YOU
DON'T WANT TO JUST
HAVE A WINE FOR THE
SAKE OF IT BEING YOU
KNOW SO CALLED
SUPERIOR OR OR RESERVE,
OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
IT'S REALLY TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT YOUR WINE
TASTING, AND THE
EXPERIENCE, AND THEN
GOING HOME WITH THE
ONE YOU LIKE TO DRINK.
SO WHAT MAKES A GOOD
WINE IS THE FACT. DO YOU
LIKE IT, RIGHT, EXCELLENT.
HADLEY I THINK I CAN
CHEERS TO THAT. CHEERS.
YES THANK YOU!
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN