Posts Tagged ‘first impression’
Today, many individuals hosts wine tasting parties to celebrate the wonderful beverage that is wine. It is a great way to taste all the different kinds of wine and a good excuse to throw a party. Nevertheless, what if you don’t know how to taste wine? Not knowing how to taste wine correctly can be embarrassing if you are amongst experienced tasters so here are a few tips to help.
The first think is not what you might think, looking at the wine and not drinking it is the correct step. 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?
You need to hold the wine glass by the stem and never by the bowl. Although this may feel awkward at first, you need to remember that the purpose for this is to avoid altering the wine temperature with the warmth of your hands. Holding the glass by the bowl can also blur the glass with you fingerprints, you wouldn’t then be able to see the true color of your wine.
The next step after looking at the color is to swirl the wine around your glass. This released all the flavors and especially the wines aroma.
Smelling the wine is the next step, after you have swirled the wine all the scents are released. Now, stick your nose right in to the bowl of the wine and inhale deeply, about two inhalations will do. The smell of the wine will also indicate its age or its origin. The quality of the wine may also be determined by the smell alone.
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 only need to take small sips to really get the full flavor of a wine, after all you are only tasting the wine.
After having wine inside your mouth, you need to roll the wine around your tongue. There are a few things to look at when you first taste your 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.
Just three small tips to remember when at a wine tasting party or when you are tasting on your own. Remember these tips and you can be sure that you will be able to know what to do when you attend a wine tasting party.
No Comments »