People have been spending their days confined to quarters to expand their education or pick up a new hobby. Wine has been a popular topic.

In a survey commission by Corvin and performed by OnePoll, 66 percent of those who responded to the survey said the quarantine helped them to mature their palates. They have been experimenting more with adding wine to their recipes (39 percent) and to learn more about wine in general (37 percent).

They have defined what they like and don’t like about wine and have even changed their favorite wine to rose instead of pinot grigio, according to popular choices in the survey.

About a four of the respondents said they have set up in-home, comparative tastings, attended virtual classes or virtual happy hours.

All of this renewed interest has favored online wine sales. If people are going to stay at home, they are going to enjoy the confinement with good food and good wine.

I’ll toast to that.