Training Wheels Wine Tasting Form

Every serious winegeek has a favorite wine tasting form, and so do I. After looking at a number of forms out on the Internet, I couldn't make up my mind as to which one was best; so I drew up a form that has several to choose from. It has the Parker method, the Broadbent method, and the Training Wheels method.

What's that, you say? The Training Wheels method? Although I gave it this name, it is not my invention (it was developed by Patrick Halstead of Seattle, an early user of CellarTracker!). It works especially well when you have had too much to drink and your notes are becoming increasingly terse and decreasing in intelligibility.

It poses a series of questions that you answer by entering a rating number. When you are done, add up the numbers and you have a wine rating. It seems to work well, and it is scientific enough (?) that you will be consistent in your evaluations, and you may be surprised by what you come up with. Download the Wine Tasting Form (PDF).