Vinopolis
On Thursday night we had an early christmas/team building dinner with my work team. After much deliberation and then much negotiation, we opted for a private hosted wine tasting session at Vinopolis , followed by a self guided tour, followed by a 3 course meal. I am not much of a wine buff and so it didn't really interest me, but I could see how others might find it interesting. We learnt about different alcohol strengths and how you can tell by swirling it round in the glass and looking at the 'legs' dripping down. The more legs you have, the higher the alcohol content. Other things I learned included: Corked wine is only corked if the cork is bad, a wine isn't necessarily 'corked' if you find bits of cork floating in it - smell it first to see if it smells bad. Wine is usually only produced in a narrow band of latitude around the world, usually between latitudes 30 and 50, however other countries (maybe due to global warming, but mos