Newsflash: I'm pretty good at wine tasting

I had a wine tonight, and immediately knew what grapes were in it, just by smelling!

I knew I had a good sense of smell, but damn I'm pretty excited about that. Also, we had another wine that claimed to be 100% San Giovese grapes, and I proceeded to say there was no way this was true, it smelled and looked like max 60% san giovese and the rest something more hardy like an international grape. The club director responded with a story of how this same winery has been trouble before for lying about what grapes they used in their wine, and that Italians are big liars-- it's a problem they are trying to fix. He agreed and thought it was about half san giovese half pinot noir. WOOT WOOT. Glad to have my nostrils back, thanks to a wind free sunday.

eew in other news, we had a really gross wine. Pretty much undrinkable. My recommendation: stay away from Cabernet Sauvignon from Tuscany, the grapes don't ripen correctly here. My glass smelled like chinese motorcycle tires.