We need more information. Was this when the supposed author revealed herself? Was it after it was confirmed that she was not in fact the author? Was there someone dressed as an emo vampire? WE NEED THE DEETS
When I was a kid a family friend encouraged me to use winey words (grassy notes, coffee aftertaste, well balanced bouquet) when drinking chocolate milk at parties. I never knew why all the adults cracked up at the time, but in hindsight that friend was fucking hilarious. Edit: discourse went (and continues to go down) in the comments. I don’t want to invalidate your experiences, but for me, this was fun. Laughter was positive reinforcement, it meant I did something others enjoyed. No one was born with a perfect understanding of humor. We all learn through experience, and it’s inevitable that a kid won’t always understand what’s going on. Keep that in mind before responding. Your experiences may differ, but please don’t use your interpretation of mine as an argument.
I just got my masters in Enology/Viticulture (winemaking essentially). This was a really well put together video. Puts things in simple terms. My biggest pet peeve in the wine industry is the flowery language in tasting notes. Just say it tastes like apricot, pineapple, and baking spice. The whole point of the tasting notes is to make it clear to the consumer what they're about to buy and the extraneous language just makes it more difficult.
It's my firm belief that critics and reviewers aim to serve their audience more with clever writing than with useful information. Clever writing might get them more work, whereas clear, straight forward writing might or might not.
Just my thought. Of the two places where I get wine, one is next to a chip shop beside a petrol station, and the other is between a hairdressers and a Chinese takeaway. These are not environments populated by epicurean connoisseurs.
Well, if my experience working in a wine shop taught me anything, it's that most customers don't understand tasting notes no matter how hard you try to simplify them.
Not an EXPERT, but when i worked at "The OG" we learned, when a wine says, 'chocolatey' it means bitter like dark cocoa, not the typical sugary milky chocolate you might be used to, if you go and get like 90% chocolate, you might have a better chance matching the flavors. It's when the bitter flavor is warm and fuzzy i guess XD
Yea I tend to interpret flavor references like that as an example of the balance of sweetness, bitterness, etc in the wine or coffee or whatever else. Like oranges are going to be a reference for something with probably high sweetness, medium to low acidity, and like a bright not very heavy sort of feel. Apply that to coffee, wine, or whatever else. I said that twice.
when i studied abroad in france, my professor (whose mom is french and dad is italian) told us the first rule about wine is that if you like it, it's good wine. it does not have to be expensive. we later went to the super market for one of our french lessons, and she showed us all these wines that were amazing for around 5 euros. after some experience drinking wine, i know that i like red wines that are medium bodied. usually means it won't be too fruity or too acidic or too sweet, and not too overwhelming -- perfect for pairing with any meal (that's not seafood).
@@isame0085 You CAN drink red wines with seafood, but you have to take into consideration that the tanins of the wine will come out stronger (more astringent) when paired with this type of dishes (due to a reaction with the seafood proteins). A red wine might also easily overpower a delicate seafood dish. So prefer a light red to be on the safer side or an old wine whose tanins have been tone down by time. If your dish can stand a more bodied wine (monkfish with chorizo sauce for example) Go for it ! An old Pinot Noir from Burgundy may pair well with this dish for example.
@@isame0085 Rule of thumb: If you would make a sauce out of red wine for your dish, drink red wine to it. If you would make a sauce out of white wine for it, then choose the white one to accompany it. It doesn't matter if your dish is actually served with a sauce based on wine, just imagine what would be a better fit for it.
Great video for novice wine drinkers! As someone who works in wine, the best way to ensure you're purchasing something you'll like is to talk to someone at the wine retail shop. Tell us things like what the last bottle you enjoyed was like or perhaps a picture of a label from a wine you really like. From there, we can navigate the inventory together and find you something similar or perhaps go in a different directions if you're looking to branch out a bit :) Wine is fun!
I too thought it strange to describe a liquid as “dry” until I had a particularly dark red wine and my mouth was definitely much drier after drinking the wine than it was before. I don’t know how a liquid can sap the moisture from your mouth, but I promise you it can
Tanins in wine are called that because they “tan” things. Tan is an old Celtic word for “oak” and the tanins found in the bark of oak trees when diluted in water could ‘tan’ the skin of an animal and make leather. This explains both why some wines taste “oaky” (though that’s usually referring to the flavour they get from the barrels they’re stored in) and also why they can make your mouth feel dry - they’re tanning your mouth and making it very slightly leathery. Milk chemicals are very good at binding to tanins and preventing them from doing that to your mouth, which is why wine and cheese go together so well.
As a fellow young adult foodie I so appreciated Melissa's contributions to the video. I often carry spices with me on campus and have been known add them to an otherwise bland college campus meal. When I have friends over for dinner I tend to talk them through the meal and the flavors I tried to create for us to enjoy. Friends have even asked me to give them foodie and wine related advise in the past. It is so wonderful to see a kindred spirit. Melissa, your research was amazing and helped me further understand wines. Thank you for working so hard on sleuthing out wine details and sharing your knowledge with the internet. Have a lovely day! P.S. The animations were also amazing. A++++++ job Sabrina!
Quotoligest #1 wow, I don’t know how to explain it, but reading that just gives me a sort of feeling, you know, like especially the ‘create for us to enjoy part’. This isn’t an insult, I just don’t know how to describe it.
@@kleinfaf so compliments are creepy? I might understand if they said something about her body or appearance, but they didn't they said she has a great narrating voice, and great on-camera presence. 90% of the time neither of those have anything to do with attractiveness.
Where I'm from there is usually some expensive French words on the bottle, the shelf will only tell you it's red wine or white wine. I can't whine too much tho, if you've learned as a kid that it tastes bad. You might just drink less as an adult
@Lucas Zhu I didn't really feel the need to specify what country I come from, but if you want to know I live in Scandinavia, and both in Norway and Sweden we have those labels for wines, and sometimes even for beer.
@@EasterWitch Yea, same in Poland. It's much easier to pick a wine that suits your tastes. Now in America I am completely lost whenever I try to buy wine. x.x
@@Kriliska Where in Poland? Best I saw was red/white/pink and sweet/dry, and it's rather colour code on price tag, not the whole shelf or section to specific kind, like semi-dry red.
Seeing you include Cyprus in the map at 9:03 made me so happy because I hadn't realised that there are even a few people who actually care about our wine. I was reading a research paper a few days ago and it was a study of wines between France, Italy, US and Cyprus, and I got so excited!!
I think what confuses or unsettles most people is the actual ability to put words to flavor. These words aren't completely literal (though often they are the same chemical compound) but what it reminds you of. If you suspend your disbelief and/or spend enough time around wine reiews these things just make sense. These words don't make sense unless you've somehow mapped them onto some expectations.
Omg, the begining of this video reminded me of this tumblr post in which someone's parents went to a wine tasting party and the mother put the glass near her ear and everyone began to imitate her without reason, without questions or anything
Aww, I only just started watching your videos (like yesterday, still have many more to binge) and only got here to the premiere for you to say "have a lovely day" and then bloopers.
Some of this reminds me of conversations I had growing up (like the time my Dad had me sip a sweeter red & a dry cab & had be describe the feeling - to this day that’s the reference I go to when imagining dry wines) but I love the visuals, am a sucker for some good animation, and love the approach you took to demystifying wines!!
I worked at a winery for 3ish years and there are only 2 universally accepted opinions on wine: red should never be sweet and white should be served cold. I really loved this video! If you ever go wine tasting and want to look bouj, the “proper” way to taste wine, is to first smell it, then swirl, then smell again, and this time really get your nose in there and inhale, then taste! When you taste you want to take smallish sips and let the wine touch all the parts of your mouth. The real intense people will “aerate” the wine in their mouth by sucking air in after you take a sip, but it looks and sounds silly so some people don’t. Also I fully endorse the “have fun and just drink it” method!
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL!!! Also, what I've learned from my mom: swirling/aerating the wine slightly changes the flavor and scent as the wine oxidizes (comes into contact w oxygen in the air), so try sipping and smelling before and after swirling. Usually I can't tell the difference, but sometimes if I don't like a wine - too sharp n acidic or something - letting it sit in the glass for a bit mellows it out.
As a fellow Canadian uni student (but raised on wine) and foodie, I must say I love this video so much. I've often helped friends pick wines to bring to date dinners or fancy events based on the menu, and this video very succinctly covers all the basics in picking and appreciating wine for what it is, an art. Kudos to both of you on this outstanding video with the sources and everything! As we say over a drink in French, and especially in the current circumstances, santé!
15:17 "And then I just selected the filters for all of the northern part." But Bordeau is like, waaaay south. How tf did it showed up under "northern regions" ?!
I feel like you hit the nail on the head with that conclusion! I've always been afraid of getting into conversations with my friends who aren't obsessed with the variations in flavor profiles between different wines because I don't want to come off as snobbish. I'm not trying to be snobbish, I've just found something in passionate about and I love to talk about it. I'm by no means anywhere near the level of a true wine connoisseur, but I have built a love and appreciation for the many facets of wine and I know what I like and what I don't like. This was really well done
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH. I've been following you since you were like a freshman in high school, and the video quality is OUT OF THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW. You deserve millions of followers. Hope your work pays off in many more ways, Sabrina, we love you!
I love this video!! It makes me want to try and appreciate wine more. Could we get a video like that about coffee? I feel sometimes that like wine, coffee is treated very seriously with facy names and descriptions that are hard to understand. I also learned that there's objectively good and bad coffee but I still don't understand most of it.
Pronunciation tip: everytime you see the "NH" letters in a portuguese word, think of it more like the spanish /Ñ/ sound. Not quite, but "viño" is way closer than "vin-ho". Also, LOVED it. Thanks for the magnificent content and never lose this incredible curiosity! Regards from Brazil. And try a caipirinha someday :D
As a french person, I am simultaneously offended and honored by this video hahah in a lot of french families we learn about wines and wine types at restaurants and/or parties
I found your channel so recently, and I honestly love love LOVE this. It's so awesome that you thoroughly study whatever you're interested in, cite your sources, and have such incredible production quality. I'm not sure if y'all did this on your own or have a team, but either way, this is just amazing content, and it really inspires me to learn more about random topics I'm interested in! Thank you so much!
"I'm glad the only thing I had to do was drink some wine" gurl?? I ?? Know Melissa did a heckton of research but you?? animated those beautiful graphics
Hey Sabrina, I’ve watched your videos since that time you collabed with vlogbrothers years ago! This video is so interesting to me! I’m a server/bartender at a mid/high-end restaurant in which 2/3 of my managers are wine sommeliers and they taught me a lot. But as a young adult in the server/nightlife industry, I know how pretentious or even simple we can describe wine. This video did a really good job doing a baseline introduction to the “culture” of wine!
Loved loved loved this video! Thank you Sabrina. I've been passionate about wine as a hobby for about a decade now and it was so lovely to watch you learn about a subject that I love.
i discovered this channel just few days ago, and i felt in love with the energy of every video so far, it's so fresh and put a sincere smile to your face :)
Just found your channel, and I am so fricken hooked. You do a fantastic job. The videos have this natural hook that makes me want to keep watching. Thanks for your being
Just found your channel today and have been binging your videos all day long. You're content is really amazing, from the topics to the editing. The topics are interesting and the editing is extremely good and helps make the video even more enjoyable. Keep up the great work.
I just found your channel few hours ago and I cannot believe the quality of your videos... it is ridicilous! You deserve way way more subs. God damn...
In Finland we have the term 'squat wine' for all the cheapest brands because they are always placed on the bottom shelf and you have to squat or bow down to pick them up.
The ending of this video resonated with me in a very particular way. I'm really into fighting games and have been since I was like 7 or 8 and played Killer Instinct on SNES, I'm super passionate about fighting games and it can be difficult for me to talk about them without sounding like a huge nerd. I guess it's what comes from years and years of passion and really wasting way more time than necessary into learning all the little tidbits that make fighting games tick. That's why when I heard that the conclusion was "They're not pretentious, they just REALLY love wine" I couldn't help but think, "Hey, I get that..."
This video sent me down a rabbit hole of grape varieties and food pairings. I haven't been into wine for a couple years (strangely when this video came out) and this brought me back into it
My father makes wines for a living and this video explained this better to me than he ever could. Very impressed! And considering that you had a great time in the making of this, it really is a win win!!!
Ok, so, French man here First of, nice video ! I'm not a wine expert myself, but my father is a really good connaisseur that educated me to wine and all, and you really captured the essential parts of the different components of the Wines. If I'm not wrong, wine seems to be relatively unknown or complex and cryptic in the USA and in other parts of Europe, but here in France, Wine is one of the most consumed alcohol and is really deeply anchored in our culture, with a lot of variety, climates and etc that made France a country able to produce a large variety of different wines of different tastes, body and all. And it's really fun to see people that are not used to drink wine/don't really know much about it trying to understand this discipline (this is not an exageration, Oenologist aka wine specialist is really a thing mainly in France) and understanding it. I don't know if this video will bring more people to try wine, but I really encourage you and the people who see this comment to try it and even learn to appreciate it in its whole, because really, given all the different types of wines that exist, you surely will find one that you'd love. Now on another note, when you began to open the first bottles, I SWEAR as a French I was like _confused screaming_ when you opened them by unscrewing them, and I sighed of relief when you uncorked it the "proper" way. I know it's totally dumb, but here in France, all wine bottles have a cork (or plastic) plug and almost no bottle with an unscrewing one, so it was reaaly confusing for me to see bottles of white wine without those Anyway, great video, and I can't wait to see what topic you talk about next ! - This post was made by the French gang
This was fantastic. I'm from Argentina and wine culture here is no joke, but most people just go with whatever they like best without much thought. That said, Malbec and Demi Sec Champagne are my faves
As a wine snob, the best way to learn what wine you like is to pay attention when you drink a wine you like, and then keep ordering that variety! So if you already know you like white, pay attention to whether it's a Sav Blanc, a Riesling, a Chardonnay or a Pinot Grigio, and maybe why you like it. And if you find one you *really* like, remember the brand as well so you can order it again if you see it! Wine tasting tours is another really great way to do that, if you happen to live near a wine region. You get to taste a bunch of different wines over the day, and you'll work out ones you like or don't like (and also get nice and tipsy!). But yeah, paying attention to what you like and why is really useful.
I'm not a big wine drinker myself but I have so many people in my life who do love wine. Having some of this knowledge now, I think I can understand why they like it so much. btw I like that Melissa is adding so much information to these videos. Great job :D
I used to really like dry red wines, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve swung toward dry whites. I think it’s a preference toward more acidic wines that caused the shift, but I wouldn’t have known that without this video!
as a person who works at a bar and really likes wine and their descriptions and have done many tastings its super interesting watching a new initiate talk about wine. granted im only 2 minutes into the clip. I hope its great
Next time I go to the store I'm definitely asking for their cleanest rock tasting wine so that they know that I'm no amateur 🍷
I imagine it being a very dry white wine more on the acidic side with a metallic side to it.
@@miss1of2 it's called an electrolyte
@@miss1of2 by metallic side I assume you mean struck steel?
@@nickpatella1525 I don't know.... The only other way I could describe it is a pointe taste.
@@GewelReal LMAO
Are we ignoring the fact that you were at a my immortal reading party just like that???
We need more information. Was this when the supposed author revealed herself? Was it after it was confirmed that she was not in fact the author? Was there someone dressed as an emo vampire? WE NEED THE DEETS
That's the video I wanna watch really
When I was a kid a family friend encouraged me to use winey words (grassy notes, coffee aftertaste, well balanced bouquet) when drinking chocolate milk at parties. I never knew why all the adults cracked up at the time, but in hindsight that friend was fucking hilarious.
Edit: discourse went (and continues to go down) in the comments. I don’t want to invalidate your experiences, but for me, this was fun. Laughter was positive reinforcement, it meant I did something others enjoyed. No one was born with a perfect understanding of humor. We all learn through experience, and it’s inevitable that a kid won’t always understand what’s going on. Keep that in mind before responding. Your experiences may differ, but please don’t use your interpretation of mine as an argument.
That's beautiful
Please tell me that you recorded yourself
Oh yes I feel some earthy notes and deep flavours in this cow titty juice combined with a bean. Really low tenants and acid. Full flavour.
Putting "tenants" instead of "tannins" really adds to your comment lol
They were trying to create a great aristocrat
What made me the most happy in this vid isn't learning about wine its that she sited her sources
True that!!!
I'm sorry but
*cited
@@KaliTakumi What if you sources are sites?
kappa
@@MSoundous Citation Needed.
@@davidharshman7645 you mean sitation needed
As a French woman, I can confirm we say "ooh la la" every time we drink wine.
Great vid, POUR taste has left the chat, thanks to you both :)
Double pun with the pour, 11/10
I'm 26 and I say ooh la la for chocolate milk. Sniff.
@@melon4249 I was just about to comment on that. It seems French people are good at making puns lmao.
It's the law, isn't it? You have to do it.
"Aw man, I hate to do this to you, but it smells like wine."
-Sabrina during the quarantine catasrophe of 2020.
Best line
I just got my masters in Enology/Viticulture (winemaking essentially). This was a really well put together video. Puts things in simple terms. My biggest pet peeve in the wine industry is the flowery language in tasting notes. Just say it tastes like apricot, pineapple, and baking spice. The whole point of the tasting notes is to make it clear to the consumer what they're about to buy and the extraneous language just makes it more difficult.
Literally the opposite of Law Students
It's my firm belief that critics and reviewers aim to serve their audience more with clever writing than with useful information. Clever writing might get them more work, whereas clear, straight forward writing might or might not.
Just my thought. Of the two places where I get wine, one is next to a chip shop beside a petrol station, and the other is between a hairdressers and a Chinese takeaway. These are not environments populated by epicurean connoisseurs.
Well, if my experience working in a wine shop taught me anything, it's that most customers don't understand tasting notes no matter how hard you try to simplify them.
Especially if James suckling is reviewing it because you know it's going to be like 95 points for some mediocre wine that has barely any taste
Not an EXPERT, but when i worked at "The OG" we learned, when a wine says, 'chocolatey' it means bitter like dark cocoa, not the typical sugary milky chocolate you might be used to, if you go and get like 90% chocolate, you might have a better chance matching the flavors. It's when the bitter flavor is warm and fuzzy i guess XD
Right. It's a volatile bitterness you can feel on your palate (and sometimes gums), not only on your tongue.
thought so too!
The OG got me started on wine and pairings.
Funny thing, I can't stand most of the wind they carry now except Coppola
Yea I tend to interpret flavor references like that as an example of the balance of sweetness, bitterness, etc in the wine or coffee or whatever else. Like oranges are going to be a reference for something with probably high sweetness, medium to low acidity, and like a bright not very heavy sort of feel. Apply that to coffee, wine, or whatever else. I said that twice.
This makes much more sense now. Thank you. So chocolatey wine = straight cocoa powder taste, essentially.
when i studied abroad in france, my professor (whose mom is french and dad is italian) told us the first rule about wine is that if you like it, it's good wine. it does not have to be expensive. we later went to the super market for one of our french lessons, and she showed us all these wines that were amazing for around 5 euros.
after some experience drinking wine, i know that i like red wines that are medium bodied. usually means it won't be too fruity or too acidic or too sweet, and not too overwhelming -- perfect for pairing with any meal (that's not seafood).
Why not seafood?
@@isame0085 You CAN drink red wines with seafood, but you have to take into consideration that the tanins of the wine will come out stronger (more astringent) when paired with this type of dishes (due to a reaction with the seafood proteins). A red wine might also easily overpower a delicate seafood dish. So prefer a light red to be on the safer side or an old wine whose tanins have been tone down by time. If your dish can stand a more bodied wine (monkfish with chorizo sauce for example) Go for it ! An old Pinot Noir from Burgundy may pair well with this dish for example.
We share same taste in wine it seems. ^^
@@isame0085 Rule of thumb: If you would make a sauce out of red wine for your dish, drink red wine to it. If you would make a sauce out of white wine for it, then choose the white one to accompany it. It doesn't matter if your dish is actually served with a sauce based on wine, just imagine what would be a better fit for it.
Would you mind sharing the name of the amazing and cheap wines?
Great video for novice wine drinkers! As someone who works in wine, the best way to ensure you're purchasing something you'll like is to talk to someone at the wine retail shop. Tell us things like what the last bottle you enjoyed was like or perhaps a picture of a label from a wine you really like. From there, we can navigate the inventory together and find you something similar or perhaps go in a different directions if you're looking to branch out a bit :) Wine is fun!
I too thought it strange to describe a liquid as “dry” until I had a particularly dark red wine and my mouth was definitely much drier after drinking the wine than it was before. I don’t know how a liquid can sap the moisture from your mouth, but I promise you it can
dry wine makes your tongue shrivel up like a slug on salt
Tanins in wine are called that because they “tan” things. Tan is an old Celtic word for “oak” and the tanins found in the bark of oak trees when diluted in water could ‘tan’ the skin of an animal and make leather.
This explains both why some wines taste “oaky” (though that’s usually referring to the flavour they get from the barrels they’re stored in) and also why they can make your mouth feel dry - they’re tanning your mouth and making it very slightly leathery.
Milk chemicals are very good at binding to tanins and preventing them from doing that to your mouth, which is why wine and cheese go together so well.
As a fellow young adult foodie I so appreciated Melissa's contributions to the video. I often carry spices with me on campus and have been known add them to an otherwise bland college campus meal. When I have friends over for dinner I tend to talk them through the meal and the flavors I tried to create for us to enjoy. Friends have even asked me to give them foodie and wine related advise in the past. It is so wonderful to see a kindred spirit.
Melissa, your research was amazing and helped me further understand wines. Thank you for working so hard on sleuthing out wine details and sharing your knowledge with the internet. Have a lovely day!
P.S. The animations were also amazing. A++++++ job Sabrina!
Quotoligest #1 wow, I don’t know how to explain it, but reading that just gives me a sort of feeling, you know, like especially the ‘create for us to enjoy part’. This isn’t an insult, I just don’t know how to describe it.
So apparently I really enjoy learning about alcohol, even though I don't drink. Stellar video 11.6/10
Same it seems
I'm allergic to the stuff and this video is making me kinda mad about it lmao
"Don't be boujee just drink the wine with your friends and have a good time." Words to live by!
She didn't lie.
I love that Melissa is just as much into exhaustive research and hubristic information compilation as Sabrina is. Friend goals.
Melissa seems really interesting, and she's got a great on-camera presence and narrating voice. Does she have a channel of her own?
...back off, creep
@@kleinfaf What? How is this creepy?
?
@@kleinfaf so compliments are creepy? I might understand if they said something about her body or appearance, but they didn't they said she has a great narrating voice, and great on-camera presence. 90% of the time neither of those have anything to do with attractiveness.
@@garrondumont So “seems interesting" is a wording which doesn't say he thinks she's attractive? Really?
I'm so glad that they usually put the levels of sugar, acidity and tannins on the wine-shelves in our country
Where I'm from there is usually some expensive French words on the bottle, the shelf will only tell you it's red wine or white wine. I can't whine too much tho, if you've learned as a kid that it tastes bad. You might just drink less as an adult
@Lucas Zhu I didn't really feel the need to specify what country I come from, but if you want to know I live in Scandinavia, and both in Norway and Sweden we have those labels for wines, and sometimes even for beer.
@Lucas Zhu I'm a Hollander from the Netherlands, so that means I'm Dutch.
@@EasterWitch Yea, same in Poland. It's much easier to pick a wine that suits your tastes. Now in America I am completely lost whenever I try to buy wine. x.x
@@Kriliska Where in Poland? Best I saw was red/white/pink and sweet/dry, and it's rather colour code on price tag, not the whole shelf or section to specific kind, like semi-dry red.
This really feels like a Brian David Gilbert Unraveled video for wine and I'm loving it
this is literally this whole channel i love it
When our generation gets older, there won't be "wine people" anymore, it'll just be the "wine fandom"
sounds awesome tbh
I wanna be Melissa. Her kitchen is cute, she’s cute and she shared such knowledge with us! Aha
I haven’t seen people describe kitchens as cute yet, seems like a normal kitchen t me
+
honestly, most puns are in pour taste sabrina, but that's what makes them great!!
ok
Yeah people wine and complain about puns too much.
@@PlanetComputer amazing pun
That’s what makes them grape 🍇
Well, I think that they’re pretty sweet.
Does that even count as a pun? I’m sorry, I can’t even do puns right.
Seeing you include Cyprus in the map at 9:03 made me so happy because I hadn't realised that there are even a few people who actually care about our wine. I was reading a research paper a few days ago and it was a study of wines between France, Italy, US and Cyprus, and I got so excited!!
i'm writing a comment so that this video/channel gets shown more on the algorithm
staying for the credits have never been so worth it
I like how you have the CEO of Patreon in the "Special Thanks" section
Ok now I feel the need to know why he's there
@@LorenzoLeonardini maybe cause he is a patreon??
Lorenzo Leonardini probably because she won a $50K grant ran from Patreon just this year. you can see she posts videos more often now.
I think what confuses or unsettles most people is the actual ability to put words to flavor. These words aren't completely literal (though often they are the same chemical compound) but what it reminds you of. If you suspend your disbelief and/or spend enough time around wine reiews these things just make sense. These words don't make sense unless you've somehow mapped them onto some expectations.
Omg, the begining of this video reminded me of this tumblr post in which someone's parents went to a wine tasting party and the mother put the glass near her ear and everyone began to imitate her without reason, without questions or anything
Didn't expect such a positive message at the end, I can totally appreciate it though
ok
It’s been up for 2 damn minutes sir
Planet either your a bot or a person with too much time either way stop spamming
Melissa's sound is so relaxing
"Yo I like your sound"
10 minutes, many facts, and animations later: "so, it's like a worse wine review?" Hahahaha this was informative and funny, love your friend
Those animations though **chef's kiss**
Aww, I only just started watching your videos (like yesterday, still have many more to binge) and only got here to the premiere for you to say "have a lovely day" and then bloopers.
Some of this reminds me of conversations I had growing up (like the time my Dad had me sip a sweeter red & a dry cab & had be describe the feeling - to this day that’s the reference I go to when imagining dry wines) but I love the visuals, am a sucker for some good animation, and love the approach you took to demystifying wines!!
I worked at a winery for 3ish years and there are only 2 universally accepted opinions on wine: red should never be sweet and white should be served cold. I really loved this video! If you ever go wine tasting and want to look bouj, the “proper” way to taste wine, is to first smell it, then swirl, then smell again, and this time really get your nose in there and inhale, then taste! When you taste you want to take smallish sips and let the wine touch all the parts of your mouth. The real intense people will “aerate” the wine in their mouth by sucking air in after you take a sip, but it looks and sounds silly so some people don’t. Also I fully endorse the “have fun and just drink it” method!
I feel like I'm watching Sabrina's explainer Netflix show titled "Call a Friend"
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL!!! Also, what I've learned from my mom: swirling/aerating the wine slightly changes the flavor and scent as the wine oxidizes (comes into contact w oxygen in the air), so try sipping and smelling before and after swirling. Usually I can't tell the difference, but sometimes if I don't like a wine - too sharp n acidic or something - letting it sit in the glass for a bit mellows it out.
Here's how I pick wine:
Is the bottle pretty? Pick that one.
As a fellow Canadian uni student (but raised on wine) and foodie, I must say I love this video so much. I've often helped friends pick wines to bring to date dinners or fancy events based on the menu, and this video very succinctly covers all the basics in picking and appreciating wine for what it is, an art. Kudos to both of you on this outstanding video with the sources and everything!
As we say over a drink in French, and especially in the current circumstances, santé!
15:17 "And then I just selected the filters for all of the northern part." But Bordeau is like, waaaay south. How tf did it showed up under "northern regions" ?!
This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorite on UA-cam. I love learning, but even more than that I love your energy and ginormous skillset.
"Notes of grape and alcohol. Wet, and with a dark reddish purple flavor."
I feel like you hit the nail on the head with that conclusion! I've always been afraid of getting into conversations with my friends who aren't obsessed with the variations in flavor profiles between different wines because I don't want to come off as snobbish. I'm not trying to be snobbish, I've just found something in passionate about and I love to talk about it. I'm by no means anywhere near the level of a true wine connoisseur, but I have built a love and appreciation for the many facets of wine and I know what I like and what I don't like. This was really well done
My mom is a expert in wine, she drinks 5 bottles a day.
ok
It's called a flight, and it's classy
Oof
oof
oh no
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH. I've been following you since you were like a freshman in high school, and the video quality is OUT OF THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW. You deserve millions of followers. Hope your work pays off in many more ways, Sabrina, we love you!
Great vid, really interesting :)
As a French, the "oh là là" part kill me ^^
These videos are crazy well produced. Keep up the great effort!!
I love this video!! It makes me want to try and appreciate wine more. Could we get a video like that about coffee? I feel sometimes that like wine, coffee is treated very seriously with facy names and descriptions that are hard to understand. I also learned that there's objectively good and bad coffee but I still don't understand most of it.
Pronunciation tip: everytime you see the "NH" letters in a portuguese word, think of it more like the spanish /Ñ/ sound. Not quite, but "viño" is way closer than "vin-ho".
Also, LOVED it. Thanks for the magnificent content and never lose this incredible curiosity!
Regards from Brazil. And try a caipirinha someday :D
As a french person, I am simultaneously offended and honored by this video hahah in a lot of french families we learn about wines and wine types at restaurants and/or parties
I found your channel so recently, and I honestly love love LOVE this. It's so awesome that you thoroughly study whatever you're interested in, cite your sources, and have such incredible production quality. I'm not sure if y'all did this on your own or have a team, but either way, this is just amazing content, and it really inspires me to learn more about random topics I'm interested in! Thank you so much!
"I'm glad the only thing I had to do was drink some wine" gurl?? I ?? Know Melissa did a heckton of research but you?? animated those beautiful graphics
I always come away from your videos learning so much with a huge smile on my face.
I don't drink, but as Sabrina said: I can understand obsession.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE, THAT I DISCOVERED YOUR CHANNEL AFTER SO MANY YEARS. I've spent the whole night binging your vids! Awesome!
0:03 you mean, alcohol filled, fermented (bacteria littered) musty feet crushed grape juice?
Your voice is so comfortable to hear, it's very easy to automatically get into your videos
My girlfriend’s training to be a sommelier right now! Sending this to her stat, great vid!
literally all your videos are amazing and entertaining, the animations are so fun!
When she said "I'm an adult now..." dead😂😂
this channel is so cool, i love the back and forth between Sabrina and her friend and the animations are awesome. lots of talent here
Soooooo,when's the olive oil merch coming out?
Hey Sabrina, I’ve watched your videos since that time you collabed with vlogbrothers years ago!
This video is so interesting to me! I’m a server/bartender at a mid/high-end restaurant in which 2/3 of my managers are wine sommeliers and they taught me a lot. But as a young adult in the server/nightlife industry, I know how pretentious or even simple we can describe wine. This video did a really good job doing a baseline introduction to the “culture” of wine!
"Bourgie" is my favorite word.
Bourgeoisie is my least favorite class
Loved loved loved this video! Thank you Sabrina. I've been passionate about wine as a hobby for about a decade now and it was so lovely to watch you learn about a subject that I love.
"nO wAy OnE pErSoN cAn MaKe A ViDeO oF tHiS sTaNdArD", ya its called being good at what you do...
Melissa is back! I love Melissa!!
I love how Sabrina wanted to do a video on wine, so she got her friend to do 10 weeks of research 🤣 👏
i discovered this channel just few days ago, and i felt in love with the energy of every video so far, it's so fresh and put a sincere smile to your face :)
sabrina: a *CLEAN* rock
also sabrina: *smiles at her own expression*
I love the two of you making videos together! So proud of you both.
First
But I know no one cares
Then why did you do it? God this thing has existed since the beginning of UA-cam and no one actually cares but people still do it.
Fifth
Great video Sabrina (and Melissa!) this channel rebirth is such a treat.
Your videos always amaze me with the level of production and quality, honestly inspiring
Just found your channel, and I am so fricken hooked. You do a fantastic job. The videos have this natural hook that makes me want to keep watching. Thanks for your being
Just found your channel today and have been binging your videos all day long.
You're content is really amazing, from the topics to the editing. The topics are interesting and the editing is extremely good and helps make the video even more enjoyable. Keep up the great work.
Found your channel 24 hours ago and let's just say I already stan, I've watched every single video you've ever made
I just found your channel few hours ago and I cannot believe the quality of your videos... it is ridicilous! You deserve way way more subs. God damn...
I love how high quality you content is! Keep up the good work!
In Finland we have the term 'squat wine' for all the cheapest brands because they are always placed on the bottom shelf and you have to squat or bow down to pick them up.
Thank you for including Bulgaria in the wine regions of the world. It’s so often forgotten.
The ending of this video resonated with me in a very particular way. I'm really into fighting games and have been since I was like 7 or 8 and played Killer Instinct on SNES, I'm super passionate about fighting games and it can be difficult for me to talk about them without sounding like a huge nerd.
I guess it's what comes from years and years of passion and really wasting way more time than necessary into learning all the little tidbits that make fighting games tick.
That's why when I heard that the conclusion was "They're not pretentious, they just REALLY love wine" I couldn't help but think, "Hey, I get that..."
This video sent me down a rabbit hole of grape varieties and food pairings. I haven't been into wine for a couple years (strangely when this video came out) and this brought me back into it
I remember finding out about Sabrina from a video that they showed me in class. Now I watch her videos on a daily basis. Thanks.
Sabrina, your videos are so slick. I don't understand why you don't have more subs.
My father makes wines for a living and this video explained this better to me than he ever could. Very impressed! And considering that you had a great time in the making of this, it really is a win win!!!
Ok, so, French man here
First of, nice video ! I'm not a wine expert myself, but my father is a really good connaisseur that educated me to wine and all, and you really captured the essential parts of the different components of the Wines. If I'm not wrong, wine seems to be relatively unknown or complex and cryptic in the USA and in other parts of Europe, but here in France, Wine is one of the most consumed alcohol and is really deeply anchored in our culture, with a lot of variety, climates and etc that made France a country able to produce a large variety of different wines of different tastes, body and all. And it's really fun to see people that are not used to drink wine/don't really know much about it trying to understand this discipline (this is not an exageration, Oenologist aka wine specialist is really a thing mainly in France) and understanding it. I don't know if this video will bring more people to try wine, but I really encourage you and the people who see this comment to try it and even learn to appreciate it in its whole, because really, given all the different types of wines that exist, you surely will find one that you'd love.
Now on another note, when you began to open the first bottles, I SWEAR as a French I was like _confused screaming_ when you opened them by unscrewing them, and I sighed of relief when you uncorked it the "proper" way. I know it's totally dumb, but here in France, all wine bottles have a cork (or plastic) plug and almost no bottle with an unscrewing one, so it was reaaly confusing for me to see bottles of white wine without those
Anyway, great video, and I can't wait to see what topic you talk about next !
- This post was made by the French gang
I would love to see something like this, but for fragrance instead of wine. I really don't understand why my friend are obsessed with fragrances
When you get overwhelmed it’s a good sign to ask for help, that’s really good advice thank you
This was fantastic. I'm from Argentina and wine culture here is no joke, but most people just go with whatever they like best without much thought. That said, Malbec and Demi Sec Champagne are my faves
Great vid as always. Would like to see a similar one on how they rate bottled water.
such an underrated channel! and melissa is ohh la la
Wow this is definitely friendship goals. Melissa and Sabrina, thank you for sharing your experience with us! :D
I love the distinction between passion / obsession vs. pretentiousness... thanks!
This is the purest thing and I love it! Thanks for brightening my day ❤️
As a wine snob, the best way to learn what wine you like is to pay attention when you drink a wine you like, and then keep ordering that variety! So if you already know you like white, pay attention to whether it's a Sav Blanc, a Riesling, a Chardonnay or a Pinot Grigio, and maybe why you like it. And if you find one you *really* like, remember the brand as well so you can order it again if you see it!
Wine tasting tours is another really great way to do that, if you happen to live near a wine region. You get to taste a bunch of different wines over the day, and you'll work out ones you like or don't like (and also get nice and tipsy!).
But yeah, paying attention to what you like and why is really useful.
I'm not a big wine drinker myself but I have so many people in my life who do love wine. Having some of this knowledge now, I think I can understand why they like it so much. btw I like that Melissa is adding so much information to these videos. Great job :D
I used to really like dry red wines, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve swung toward dry whites. I think it’s a preference toward more acidic wines that caused the shift, but I wouldn’t have known that without this video!
as a person who works at a bar and really likes wine and their descriptions and have done many tastings its super interesting watching a new initiate talk about wine. granted im only 2 minutes into the clip. I hope its great
I loved this, it's so relatable, y'all worked so hard, and I appreciate it
Melissa's voice is so soothing, this is a perfect duo