Misunderstandings in Life: Eight Misunderstandings of Wine

We all know that drinking more wine has many benefits to our health, which has caused more and more people to favor wine and led many p

Misunderstandings in Life: Eight Misunderstandings of Wine

We all know that drinking more wine has many benefits to our health, which has caused more and more people to favor wine and led many people to collect a lot of wine, but many people have many misunderstandings in the process of collecting wine. If we don't pay attention, it will not only affect our elegant image. Let's see what misunderstandings people have about wine.

Misunderstandings in life

The first misunderstanding: call wine red wine.

The method of making wine is the same as selecting high quality wine. Fresh grape-flavored raw materials, low-concentration alcoholic beverages fermented in wine cellar. According to different kinds of grapes, it can be roughly divided into red wine (red wine) and white wine.

Therefore, red wine is just a kind of wine, and wine can never be collectively referred to as red wine. The reason why there is such a misunderstanding is probably because there are more red wines on the market!

The second misunderstanding: the longer a year, the better.

Describe our national wine? When brewing white wine, people often say that wine is the fragrance of old age. The longer the storage time, the better the quality of wine, but this rule does not apply to wine.

In the process of wine brewing, various factors need to cooperate. How to evaluate a good wine, the first thing to pay attention to is the raw materials, followed by the production process. The quality of raw materials determines the quality of wine, and the brewing method determines the vintage of wine.

The better the grape growing season, the higher the quality of wine. For Bordeaux, France, 1982, 2000, 2005, etc. They are all recognized as perfect years. Therefore, the quality of wine brewed in these years is excellent and the price of wine is high.

The third misunderstanding: treat wine as medicine.

The health care function of wine is well known. It can not only lower blood pressure and blood lipid, but also prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and heart diseases, and also play a role in beauty beauty and delaying aging. When you have a cold, a cup of delicious hot red wine eggs can also make you recover quickly.

Although wine has so many functions, it is not medicine. Wine is just a kind of drink with health care function, and long-term drinking will definitely play a health care role. Never drink wine as medicine when you are sick.

Here, I still want to remind everyone that although wine has many benefits to the body, excessive drinking will also cause harm to the body organs, so although wine is good, don't be greedy!

Myth 4: Wine also has a shelf life. Have you ever heard of it?

Generally speaking, the alcohol content of wine is between 10- 13 degrees. Although alcohol has a certain bactericidal effect, many bacteria can still grow in this environment within this degree range. Therefore, the wine after opening the bottle should be drunk as soon as possible, otherwise it will deteriorate after being infected by bacteria.

In addition, wine is generally sealed with oak plugs. The gap in the oak stopper allows the air inside and outside the bottle to circulate with each other. On the one hand, the right amount of air can promote the ripening of wine. On the other hand, the impurity gas produced by wine breathing can also be discharged from the bottle through the gap of oak stopper.

Well-preserved wine will not go bad, but with the passage of time, the alcohol in the wine is gradually becoming less and less, and the wine has lost its drinking value at this time.

Myth 5: Store wine in the refrigerator.

Everyone who has drunk wine will encounter such a difficult problem: where should the bought wine be stored?

The storage environment of wine is very strict, which requires not only stable and appropriate temperature and humidity, but also clean storage space, no vibration and no odor. It is the best storage method to put it in professional wine cellar and wine cabinet, but how can it be stored without such conditions?

At home, we can put the wine we bought in a cool, dark and humid corner. Storing wine in the refrigerator will do great harm to wine. The refrigerator is too cold, smells too strong and vibrates. Whether it is opened wine or unopened wine, it is not suitable for storage in the refrigerator.

Myth 6: Drink carbonated drinks with wine.

We often see such a drinking method, in which coke or sprite is poured into wine and mixed. However, this method is not only unprofessional but also a burden to our health. Wine is a natural thing, and all the ingredients in it are in a state of balance. The addition of any substance will destroy this balance and affect the original taste of wine. In addition, carbonic acid in cola or sprite can cause serious harm to the stomach.

Myth 7: The more obvious the hanging cup, the better the wine quality.

When shaking the wine, a string of wine tears will be left on the inner wall of the glass, which we call hanging the glass. The reason for this phenomenon is that when wine falls along the glass, the falling speed of different components in the wine liquid is different, so there will be wine columns or wine tears.

Hanging a cup is obviously one of the manifestations of good wine quality, but we can't judge the quality of wine just by hanging a cup. To really judge the quality of a bottle of wine, you need to judge for yourself.

Myth 8: All wines can be collected.

Not all wines are collectible. Wine has a certain shelf life. Ordinary wine can only be stored for about 10 years, and only a few wines have investment value.

Such as top French wineries, Lafite Winery, Latour Winery, Mu Tong Winery, Margaux Winery, Obiang Winery, Bertus Winery and so on. These wines are not only of good quality, but also have little output. They are the most potential investment products, and they still have excellent quality after decades of storage.

Wine preservation method

1, a suitable storage place

The bottled wine is still alive, and the wine will grow and mature slowly in the bottle; Therefore, a suitable storage place is very important for wine. Temperature fluctuation is very harmful, and frequent moving and too dry and humid environment are not conducive to wine storage. The basement will be an ideal place if conditions permit. Cool, humid, dark and stable.

2, the correct storage angle

The bottle must be stored horizontally, so that the cork can be kept moist and fully inflated with the wine to isolate the air. If the bottle is placed vertically for a long time, the cork will slowly dry and shrink, so more air will enter the bottle, leading to the oxidation and deterioration of the wine. However, a few hours before drinking, you can put the wine upright and let the sediment gradually deposit on the bottom of the bottle without affecting drinking.

3. Suitable storage temperature

The optimum storage temperature of wine is 1 1℃, but the temperature from 5℃ to 18℃ will not harm wine. What needs to be avoided is short-term temperature fluctuation, because temperature instability is the most dangerous. Generally, the higher the temperature, the faster the wine ripens; When the temperature is low, the growth of wine will be slower.

4, the storage period of wine

Storing wine for a period of time before drinking is of great benefit to the improvement of wine quality. Excellent Bordeaux wines are suitable for long-term storage, and generally will be at their peak for more than 20 years. Good liquor can also be stored for more than ten years, including Chardonnay and Riesling. For ordinary wine, it is recommended to drink it within one or two years after brewing.

5. How to store it in the refrigerator?

Generally speaking, when drinking wine, it is a better method to soak the wine in an ice bucket to temporarily cool down. You can also put the wine in the refrigerator for several hours, but it is not appropriate to use the refrigerator as a long-term storage place for wine. Otherwise, the cork will stick to the wine bottle, and the freezer is constant temperature and humidity, which is suitable for storing a small amount of wine.

6. How long can this wine last?

Once the cork of the bottle is opened, the air will begin to react with the wine. Although the wine will not be completely oxidized in a few days, the decline of wine quality will be very obvious. If you can't drink it all at once, put it back in the cork as soon as possible to refrigerate the wine. White wine can be preserved for about two days, and red wine can be preserved for a little more than three or four days, but the perfect wine quality will not reappear.

Drinking method

How to drink red wine? Drinking red wine has a lot of knowledge, not just drinking. You want to drink your own temperament and accomplishment by drinking, so how to drink red wine? Let's look at these steps.

1, pour out a small amount of wine, about a quarter cup. It is best to use a special wine glass when drinking wine. Don't stick your palm on the glass when holding it, or the wine will destroy the original flavor with the temperature of your palm.

2. Hold the foot of the glass by hand and turn the glass clockwise or counterclockwise to make the wine fully contact with the air and release the best fragrance. Be careful not to hold the top half of the glass, because body temperature will change the temperature of wine, and we all know that temperature has a great influence on the taste of wine.

3. Take a deep breath and enjoy the fragrance of wine. Don't you need wine? Smell? Describe it, the smell of wine naturally blends with the air, but it just floats gently to the nose. As if nothing had happened, it was something attractive and intoxicating.

4. Take a long drink and inhale some air to taste the wine. Wine should not be too alcoholic, otherwise it will lose its elegant characteristics and become OK? Bull drink? White wine.

5. If you drink red wine, will there be reddish on the glass? Wine stains? Like a crony dragged by a young lady, she is still reluctant to go, tears streaming down her face. The longer the label, the better the quality of the wine.

Summary: drinking is a very elegant thing, if you make indecent jokes because you don't know wine. The above is a misunderstanding of my introduction to wine. I hope people who love wine know more about this knowledge and avoid embarrassment at the reception in the future. It is good to drink, but we must pay attention to the control of quantity, so as to make our body healthier.