Here is a picture of the Wine Aroma Wheel

Good Morning!

At my first wine tasting class they passed out a few pieces of paper with wine facts and other stuff and one of the pages was the Wine Aroma Wheel. I am attaching a photo of this awesome tool. I actually have my wheel in my cabinet drawer with my corkscrews and bottle toppers.

What is a Wine Aroma Wheel? It was designed in the 1980’s by Ann Noble, a professor at UC Davis. This is a reference wheel that helps you figure out the aroma traits commonly found in wines. Its purpose was to facilitate communication about wine through standard terminology. It is full color, laminated plastic circular table with the relatively similar smells….You start in the center with the general wine aromas and you work your way out to help you build your wine vocabulary.

Go get one of these! I met Ann Noble last year at the Women for Winesense in Napa…she and I just had a couple of minutes together, but she is so brilliant, you will learn a ton!

I get it out often when I am stumped by many wines!

Much LOVE and wine,

Tammi