What are the etiquette at the wine table?

If you don’t have proper table manners when visiting other people’s homes for dinner, you are likely to be criticized and disliked. So what are the etiquettes at the wine table? Let’s take a look. What are the etiquette at the wine table?

1. When holding a wine glass, hold the cup base or stem.

How to hold a goblet? Hold the cup with your fingers or palms? How can this be done? Being ridiculed. There are two common ways to hold a glass. One is to hold the stem of the wine glass, and place the stem between your thumb and two or three fingers to hold it gently; the other is to hold the bottom of the wine glass. This method of holding the glass can make it easier to Easily control the wine glass.

2. Shake the glass in the same direction

Hold the red wine in your hand, shake the glass gently, the wine flows slowly, but suddenly you use too much force and the wine splashes the people next to you. They were all dressed up and looked at each other with nothing but embarrassment in capital letters. The shaking motion of the glass should not be too violent. It should be in the same direction, so that the wine liquid rotates from bottom to top and in the direction of the rotation of the glass. A good shaking cup will not only form a beautiful spiral motion trajectory, but also make the wine in the cup form a larger concave surface, thereby accelerating the oxidation of the wine and the release of aroma.

3. Smell the aroma of the wine first and then taste it

The Chinese way of drinking liquor is not suitable for drinking wine. Not only will it be impossible to taste the beauty of the wine, but it will also make people understand the wine. Some people think it is "cow chewing peonies". The best way to drink wine is to taste it slowly. Before drinking, you need to observe its color, smell its aroma, and taste it carefully.

4. Try to drink in the same position of the wine glass to avoid too many lip marks

When visiting relatives and friends or going out as guests during the New Year, it is natural to dress up well. Here comes the problem: when women who wear makeup drink, they can easily get lip marks on the rim of the cup, which looks unsightly. In this case, it is best to drink in the same position of the wine glass to avoid excessive lip marks, and when placing the wine glass, keep the lip marks facing you. Or you can quietly wipe off the lip marks with a tissue while others are not paying attention.

5. Toast

These are the elders, and over there are childhood friends whom we haven’t seen for a long time. When we get together, toasting is a must. When toasting to others, you need to look at the other person and slowly raise the glass (the height of the glass should not exceed your own line of sight). Note that if you are toasting to the host's family at a wedding or birthday party, the host's family can keep smiling and not drinking. At this time, do not think that the host's family is disrespectful and rude.

6. Use the belly of the glass when clinking glasses, and look at the wine glass

If the rims of two goblets clink with each other, the rims of the glasses will break with too much force (ordinary goblets) The wall of the cup is very thin), the wine spilled out, and there was a rush. The correct posture for clinking glasses is to hold a goblet and tilt the glass slightly counterclockwise (about 15-30 degrees from the vertical). Place the two glasses side by side with the edges of the glasses away from each other. When two wine glasses are gently touched against each other, you will hear a continuous crisp "ding" sound, which is both pleasing to the eye and pleasant to the ear.

7. Try to keep the amount of alcohol you drink in line with the people around you

When two people drink together, you drink more than half of the wine in the glass, but the other person just sips lightly. Do you feel a little embarrassed after taking a sip? Therefore, it is best to keep the same amount of alcohol as the other person when drinking with others. If you cannot drink too much because of physical discomfort or alcohol allergy, it is best to explain it to the other person before drinking. .

8. Pour wine for the people around you in a certain order

When sitting at the dining table with relatives and friends, it is inevitable to pour wine for the people around you. The order of serving wine is generally the main guest, host, accompanying guests and other personnel. At a family banquet, the elders are first, then the juniors; the guests are first, then the host. The more popular order in the world is that the female guest comes first, then the host, the lady comes first, the gentleman comes first, and the elder comes first, then the younger. Women are in an absolute leading position. Note that when someone covers the glass or covers the mouth of the glass with their hands, it means that the other person no longer wants to drink. At this time, you should not pour any more wine.

9. Hold the bottom of the bottle when pouring wine

There are two ways to pour wine: table pouring and cupping. Table pouring means placing the wine glass on the dining table and pouring wine into the glass with the bottle in hand.

Under normal circumstances, the mouth of the bottle should be about 2 centimeters above the mouth of the cup. The mouth of the bottle should not touch the mouth of the cup to avoid making noise or hindering hygiene. Pouring means holding the bottle in one hand and the wine glass in the other hand, and pouring wine into the glass gracefully and gracefully. Be careful not to shake the bottle vigorously before pouring the wine to prevent sediment from floating to the surface of the wine.

10. The amount of wine you pour should be just right

Generally speaking, 1/3 of the glass is suitable for red wine, 1/2 of the glass for white wine, and champagne is fine. Pour to 3/4 of the glass. In this way, the wine can be left with sufficient space for shaking the cup and better contact with the air, making the wine taste softer and the flavor richer.