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Wine Tasting
The Blending Lab breaks wine down into simple terms everyone can relate to.
“If you don’t have rules, and your goal is creativity and trying to understand wine better, you can do things differently,” Keller says. “Somehow, it just works. We are
always trying to push the envelope, source new grapes, and try new things like making an orange wine out of Grenache Gris and Grenache Blanc grapes.”
Oftentimes, people have mis- conceptions about the activity of blending wines being somewhat of a gimmick, according to Keller. At The Blending Lab, the experi-
ence breaks wine down into more simple terms everyone can relate to. Aiming to demystify wine and use words and processes the average person relates to, the team has been
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