FOOD DiscDrive host shares wine secrets DON’T KNOW anything about the world of wine? Don’t count on it, says wine critic Jurgen Gothe. You know more than you think. By Peggy Trendel!-Whittaker News Reporter “You can learn all you need to know about wine in an hour and a half,"? the CBC DiseDrive host and West Vancouver resident promises. ‘‘There’s nothing ter- ribly mysterious about wine. It’s only when people get into the act and complicate things that you get problems."* Gothe has no patience wine elitists. “YT really have difficulties with people who treat it so seriously that they lose sight of what it is. It's something you pour down your throat.... Wine is grape juice and yeast. Big deal."’ So how does a novice educate his or her palate without buying into the pretentious packaging that often surrounds wine appre- ciation? Start by mustering a good handful of friends and hosting a wine-tasting party. “The thie to keep things loose and not :> make people feel like they have to be intelligent and make comments. That happens automatically, and it’s fun to watch. It’s amazing how much you Can trust your own palate.” He does say it’s important to give a focus tu the event so you have a good basis for comparison. “It’s not terribly satisfying if you just go out and buy six bot- tles at random,"’ Gothe says. In- stead, you could limit your selec- tion of wines to whites under $10, or concentrate on one winery or one variety of grape. The same theory goes for public wine tastings, such as the Kiwanis charity wine tasting held last Fri- day that featured over 200 selec- tions. “You jump in wherever you want to, but you have to have some sort of flight plan,’’ he ad- vises. ‘Then you conie out of it at the end, not just with a hangover, but with the sense of having with NEWS photo Terry Peters WHO SAYS wine appreciation is a complex subject? Certainly not Jurgen Gothe — the West Vancouver man, a well-known wine critic and host of CBC's DiscDrive, says anyone can fearn the tudiments of the topic in less than two hours. Gothe discusses the art of the grape in his new book, Good Gothe! learned something.”” Because few people have the funds or the leisure time to taste 20 different wines each week, Gothe recommends finding a critic whose tastes seem to agree with. yours and testing their selections: “It’s useful to hitch a ride on someone else’s experience initially.”* He suggests recording all your taste experiences in a wine notebook. Because the sensation of taste is difficult to remember, recording the sensations of each wine gives you a ‘‘hook’’ to help recall its flavor. Gothe has recently written a book, Good Gothe!, in which he discusses his views on wine, music and...cats. He's also a wine col- umnist for Western Living and the Victoria Times-Colonist and is often asked to arrange and host tastings for groups. He sometimes focuses on com- See Never page 76 YOUR BEST BUY IN REPLACEMENT DISPOSERS. In-Sink-Erator’s Performance Plus Series. Built better. Backed better. 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