When you are 18th years old, you are now in the legal age to drink, and wine is the first starter of drinking an alcoholic drink.
It started four years ago, during my 18th birthday, my father let me take a sip of one of his three favourite wine that he has in his wine cellar. He was sad because I am no longer his little girl who used to sit in his lap, but he was also enthusiastic to share his hobbies and other more preference he enjoys. I already guess, a few months before my birthday that he was planning something different than usual.
Still, I had to act normal and pretend not to know whatever he is preparing. I felt nervous, exposed, and afraid after he brought a glass of three bottles of wine. These drinks are Luis Felipe Edwards Reserva merlot, Sacred Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, and Charles Heidsieck vintage champagne.
Life began again, yet in a different chapter. This is the first feeling come to my senses, when I first take a sip of wine, it has sorts of flavour and aroma from sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Life-changing steps
If you know someone who loves to drink wine, you’ll understand these steps. I’m not used to, drinking any alcoholic drink, and I never tried drinking before, but since my father would like to share his knowledge, I let him teach me the basic steps of how to drink wine.
My father went to an online wine store to buy three bottles of wine in Singapore called Icon Wines. They’re a wine retailer, who most offer wines, but they also have champagnes available in their cellar.
Look, smell, taste, and think - these are the basics steps my father asked me to do, for me to understand and improve my wine palate.
So I mimic my father's gesture, as I take a glass of Luis Felipe Edwards Reserva Merlot. I look at the vivid garnet colour, smell the cherries, plums, and blackberries mix with a subtle taste of pepper, graphite, chocolate and mocha as its finishing flavour.
After I took a sip, my father told it was the most classic among Luis Felipe Edwards, and Reserva Merlot is the best wine he first tasted. This is the reason he let me taste it first compared to the two wine bottles left.
Comparing brand of wines.
Sacred Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc or Charles Heidsieck Vintage Champagne? My father now, asking me which one of the two is the best-suited wine to my palate, but the answer is both, because Sacred Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has a fruity, elegant flavour, while Charles Heidsieck Vintage Champagne has a delicate taste and end with sumptuous notes.
It was then, after our wine tasting, my father let me join his weekly wine shopping, and now I am a wine lover by mind and heart.
For people who haven’t turned 18 or drink wine, it’s not the end. When the right time comes, I highly recommend ordering your first wine from Icon Wines, an online wine store in Singapore with a wine delivery services that will knock through your doors.
