Tasting Notes - Useful & Fun

You can make notes on tasting cards, in notebooks, or there are even wine journals available that can help you through the process. Here at JAV we really try to espouse the idea that wine should be fun and part of an everyday healthy lifestyle. However, we also acknowledge that everyone’s palate is unique, and that we don’t all taste wine the same. Taking tasting notes will help you remember your likes and dislikes over time. They can also be helpful in learning how to describe the sensations you’re feeling, and after a while, you can even develop your own tasting vocabulary.

A wine journal can also be useful to track how a wine is developing. For example, if you buy a case of a particular wine and open a bottle periodically every six months or every year, you can jot down different impressions of that wine at certain points in its life. Although from year-to-year wine can be different, this information may help as to when the perfect time to try a certain wine from a different vintage.