It seems that this kind of learning ability is still alive and well, even though you don’t work or study hard enough.
This time, I’ve transcribed the « Chateau List » entered in the Medoc Marathon into a Google Spreadsheet, and I’m learning every day where to find chateaus like Don.
I feel that I’m getting more familiar with geography and wine as I go along.
Wine, for better or worse, has an image of being a bit « expensive », and starting with the bubble economy, there was a celebrity atmosphere, and wine lovers became the target of a bit of backlash, such as « getting carried away » or « acting bourgeois ».
I think there are many reasons for this, and there are many people who say so. Certainly, when I see people who smell like a bubble and celebrities who buy and drink super high quality wine, I understand why they want to say a few words.
However, wine has a lot of history, culture and taste. You can enjoy it just by tasting it, or you can enjoy it with a little study and knowledge.
It’s such a wonderful drink.
To be honest, I’m not a big wine drinker either. I guess I still don’t. But I’m learning about it from different angles.
Studying is just a hobby, though.
Since I’m going to be participating in the Medoc Marathon, I’m taking the opportunity to use some of my bonus time to study the « drink » in order to learn as much as I can in advance based on the course layout and the location of the wine chateaux in the Medoc.
It’s expensive to drink it outside, so I buy it at home and drink it. Even so, it’s quite an expense (laughs).
I’ll be following this investigation for a little while longer (fun!)
Whenever I go to a French bistro, I try to choose a Medoc wine whenever possible. It’s a bit expensive, but…
And although I don’t have much of a « vocabulary », I record pictures and my impressions of each drink in Evernote.
はじめはよくわからないけど、とりあえず飲んで記録しよう、それを繰り返していくと、自然と知識ってついていくものです。
また知識をつけるのって、なにかと関連付けすると覚えていくもの。僕の場合は、地理と関連付けることで、ワインの知識を深めていくことができていると思います。
This article I wrote just before is part of that.
メドックマラソン 2014 タイムスケジュール案策定 #メドックマラソン2014 | my lifelog yuu-koma.jp http://www.yuu-koma.jp/?p=9241
マラソン時の目標通過時間とシャトーを関連付けたものです。
来月実際に行くわけですが、こうした「コツ」を身に付けることができたのは、過去に行ったフランスの最も美しい村巡りのおかげです。
フランス全土に美しい村が点在していますから、自然と地理に詳しくなるのはもちろんのこと、その土地に宿泊することで、その地域のチーズやワイン、料理を関連付けて体験できたわけです。
It was not merely a delicious and fun experience at the time, but also a great asset for me to learn the tricks of the trade.
Of course, knowledge from books is also important. I also buy books from time to time.
After all, information from a third party is essential to acquire deeper knowledge. Therefore, reading is important.
However, it is difficult to acquire knowledge by suddenly reading a book or taking a qualification. You have to learn how to relate it by actually visiting the area on a trip or participating in a marathon. By learning these tricks, you can deepen your knowledge more easily.
And once you get the hang of it, your knowledge deepens in a chain reaction.
Again, in my case…
- とりあえず、深く考えず「記録」する方法を確立する
- 単独の事象で捉えず「地理」などと関連付けるなど、自分の体験とリンクさせる。
- 地道に続ける
I study every day in this way.
Perhaps because of this, I had no idea about Medoc wines at the beginning, but nowadays, when I am told the name of a Chateau in the Medoc, I can say something like « this is a wine from where ».
(laughs) But not too much, though.
Come on, let’s learn more!
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