Wine is a great drink and a great way to socialize, perhaps] thats why wine parties are becoming more popular. It is a great way to taste all the different kinds of wine and a good excuse to throw a party. Yet, you may not know the first thing about 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 think is not what you might think, looking at the wine and not drinking it is the correct step. Only fill your wine glass up to half way. You need to be able to do what they call the rim test, this is where you tilt the glass to look at the color of the wine. Now, you can’t tilt a wine glass if it is full of wine, can you?
The correct way to hold the glass is with the step and not the bowl. .The heat from your hand can change the temperature of the wine so this is the reason we hold the glass by the stem even thought it might feel a little uncomfortable. Another reason is to avoid blurring the color of the wine with your fingerprints.
After looking at the color of the wine you would now swirls the wine around the upper edge of the glass. The reason we do this is to release all the flavors from the wine but to also release the aroma.
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. You are only tasting the wine so tiny sips will do.
Once the wine is in your mouth you need to role it around your tongue. There are a few things to look at when you first taste your wine What the wine tastes like is the first thing, the flavor of the wine after swirling it around your mouth is the second and the third is the taste after you have swallowed the wine.
Just a few things to think about when tasting wine. By remembering these few tips you will surely be an accomplished wine taster at your next party.