This post by the Missouri Wine & Grape Board on Missouri Wines is a really good read for those of you questing to wine country (any wine country, anywhere!) for the first time. That should be a very fun experience, and this is a great time of year to get to it!
Those of us in the wine business tend to forget that the old, stuffy stereotypes still exist and they can cause some anxiety and intimidation to those on their first winery experiences. I can guarantee you, I do not know a SINGLE winery that intends to intimidate their visitors, and I hope I never find one. As I think you can tell by now, Katie and I are pretty fun and easy going, as our most of our colleagues. I mean, Katie is on the Wine and Grape Board, so she's a big deal, but she sure doesn't act like a snob!! I know many of the Board members, and they all are friendly, wine-loving folks. I'm friends with some of the owners of the biggest wineries in the state - not scary people. I'd probably use the word weird! (No offense, winery peeps - weird as in quirky,artistic, fun-loving, outside the mainstream in a great way!)
But in case this doesn't make you feel completely comfortable, read the Missouri Wines post on Tasting Room Etiquette, which are pretty simple and basic as the article points out. And if you happen to run into a tasting room that doesn't go out of the way to make you comfortable, know that the problem is definitely NOT with you, and try again, because 99.9% of them aren't that way!!
Happy Trills,
Laura
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