Wine Vino

Every week is better than the last.  This week I went to a wine tasting with school at Pinot's Wine Cellar.  This cellar is 700 years old and had incredible variety of wine.  From red to white to dessert wines.  There were many types of wine at Pinot's but we only tried three types along with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  DISCLAIMER: Pinot is not his real name.. that would be ironic.  Pinot owns a wine shop in Italy? Too good to be true.  Pinot is just a nick name for Giuseppe, he was a cool guy.  He says he enjoys his job because there are many beautiful girls, typical Italian man.  

We arrived to Pinot's and ventured down to his wine cellar where we were surrounded by many bottles of wine.  It was cute and cozy.  We began trying the balsamic vinegar, it is very important to smell what you are trying first, for memory purposes, you will remember what it was by using all your senses.  The balsamic vinegar was thick and tasted sweet but very good.  I ate it with bread and some Parmesan cheese. I liked it with the cheese. Then we tried the olive oil, apparently olive oil is very good for your digestive system and how your body functions.  Pinot told us to have a spoonful the morning after the wine tasting so you feel better, haha. 
The first wine was a white fruity wine, the second was a red fruity wine, and the last was a dark red wine.  

Tasting wine is complicated, there are three steps: Look, Smell, Taste. 
Step One: Looking, Is it transparent? Does it have residue in it?
The white wine was transparent and had no residue.
The red wine was transparent as well with no residue.
Step Two: Smelling, Smell for the bouquet, a mix of flowers, fruits and spices(red).
The white wine smelled like pears and apples with daisys.
The red smelled like plums with cinnemon.
The other red had chocolate in it!! This was my favorite smell. 
Step Three: Taste, Make sure the wine hits your whole tongue to experience all the wine has to offer!
THEY ALL TASTED YUMMY!!!

Let's just say were were all very happy after the third glass.  We paired the reds with prosciutto and salami.    Bueno!

After the wine tasting we met Megan for dinner at this restaurant called ZaZa.  It is good there, everyone got this tomato soup and I got a meat sampler, it had a lamb chop, steak, chicken, and sausage.  It was a taste of everything and was very good!

After that we proceeded to go to the bar and meet our friends out.  We didn't last too late but it was a good night over all.