Apr 18 2009
The Best of Wine Tasting
Today, many individuals hosts wine tasting parties to celebrate the wonderful beverage that is wine. More people are throwing parties like these to introduce others who haven’t experienced the flavors of good wines. Yet, what if you don’t know how to taste wine? Surely you wouldn’t want to be the laughing stock at the party just because you don’t know how to taste wine properly. So, here are some basics on how to taste wine.
The first thing to do is to look at the color of the wine before you take a drink. Never ever fill the glass with wine. The reason for this is that when it is time for you to rim test the wine, you will need to tilt the glass to take a look at its color. Tilting the glass too far would spill the wine if the glass was too full wouldn’t it?
The correct way to hold the glass is with the step and not the bowl. You might be thinking that this will feel awkward but if you are a newcomer to wine tasting you won’t realize that the temperature of the wine can be changes by the heat from your hand. Another reason is to avoid blurring the color of the wine with your fingerprints.
After observing the wine’s color, the next step is swirling the wine. The purpose for this is to release the aroma as well as the flavor.
The next step is to smell the wine, When you swirled the wine around the glass you also exposed the scent of the wine. Put your nose right into the glass bowl and take a deep breath, a couple of good inhalations through the nose would do. The age, the quality and its origins can also be indicated by its bouquet.
Now you are equipped for the next part, the wine tasting. Don’t just take a large mouth full and swallow, take tiny sips. It involves doing small sips of the wine and most important of all, you need to be able to taste it.
After having wine inside your mouth, you need to roll the wine around your tongue. There are three things that you need to remember when you taste the wine. The first is the first impression or what the wine tastes like when it enters your mouth, the second is the taste or the flavor of the wine when you are actually swirling the wine around your mouth and the third is the aftertaste, which is the lingering flavor after swallowing the wine.
These are the things that you need to remember when you taste wine. By remembering these few tips you will surely be an accomplished wine taster at your next party.
