Buying Boutique Winery Wine: Beginner’s Guide

If you are looking for an all-around great gift for every occasion, look no further! Wine is an excellent all occasion gift for wine friends and family. Take your gift to the next level by buying your wine from boutique wineries. Boutique Winery is a term used to describe small, exclusive wineries that do not mass-produce their wine. Because of the small production size, boutique wines are made with utmost care- ensuring that the wine you choose will be delicious and unique.

If you are not well versed in the art of picking wines, fear not! Hear we present you with a concise beginner’s guide to boutique wines, and wine in general. Let us begin with the basics- wines are divided into three categories- white, red, and sparkling (better known as champagne). Blush wines are blends of white and red wine in different proportions, and for the sake of our discussion, we will ignore it.

Wines differ from one another by their origin, making techniques and age.
The origin of the wine is marked on the bottle. In the US, boutique wineries are found in mainly in Oregon and California. The type of grape used to make the wine gives it its name. Common grape names include Syrah (originated in France), Zinfandel (California specialty), and Chardonnay. There are of course, many others. Nowadays, grape types are no longer grown only in their place of origin. It is therefore not out of the ordinary to find Zinfandel wine from Australia or Syrah wine from California and so on.

You will notice that each wine will have a year marked on it. This is the vintage, which is the year that the grapes were collected. Vintages vary in quality according to the climate at which the grapes were grown. Note that the older the wine, the more expensive it will be. Typically, red wines can benefit from aging (keeping wine bottled for a long time) and white wines will not.

Wine quality (and price) by the quality of the vintage, the method of making the wine and overall characteristics as they are evaluated by wine critics (for example aroma, acidity, complexity etc.). Additionally, the winery’s reputation will affect the price and quality of the wine. As you choose wine, remember that as a rule of thumb, white wine is suitable for fish and white meat whereas red wine is suitable to drink with red meat.

Prior to buying wine, research the vintage, grape type and the brand as well as critic reviews of to decide what you would prefer to buy. You can find information about particular wineries online.

By: Tyler Harris

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