Boosting your wine IQ
1 Take a Sauvignon Blanc flight: Sauvignon Blanc is a (Karine Lauverjat Sancerre), California (Rabble Sauvignon Blanc) and New Zealand (Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc), you experience something new, while sticking with something familiar. 2 Try an unoaked and oaked wine together: The effect of oak is noticed most with Chardonnay. If you are in one camp over the other, open your mind to well-made expressions of each, such as the Domaine Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire and the Raeburn Russian River Valley Chardonnay. 3 A Pinot Noir flight: Pinot Noir is susceptible to mutations and is arguably more s...