"Angles & Rounds": Fred Scherrer discusses acidity and tannin in wine

"Angles and Rounds" is the way that Fred Scherrer sums up his approach to finding balance in wine. I find this to be an easy way to think about wines, especially when tasting blind and trying to either figure out what type of wine I am tasting, and to assess wine quality.

Jessica Bell, Owner and Founder of The Midwest Wine School, asked Fred a series of questions that she hears from her students. Look for many more videos with Jessica and Fred, as well as more collaborations between Jessica and Ask a Winemaker.

How wine is bottled at the Scherrer Winery

The inagural post on Ask a Winemaker goes to winemaker Fred Scherrer, whose patient, reasoned responses to my seemingly endless queries are a big part of the motivation for this video series and blog. I am fortunate to be able to ask winemakers like Fred (and winemakers not at all like Fred) questions and have learned that there is always something more to learn. Therein is the spirit of this blog - wine education through questions asked of the people who make it.

This first video was shot by Connor O'Rourke of Candid Wines in the spring of 2008. Connor can be seen helping Fred bottle.

Enjoy, and if this or any other video inspires a question, please share it and we'll do our best to find an answer.

Cheers!

Here is the link to the video on YouTube, which is also embedded below.