On the five basic steps of wine tasting

Wine tasting is not drinking. Wine tasting is a science. For example, if you appreciate a painting and listen to a piece of music, it is impossible to tell whether it is good or bad without the literacy of art and music. Wine tasting is not a master's patent. If you master it, you will really enjoy the beauty of wine.

Pull out the cork after sobering up. Some wines bloom like flowers and can be enjoyed immediately. But if the wine is too young or has excellent tannins, it is necessary to sober up and open its sleeping heart. Old wine with too much sediment can be treated in another bottle. But the time should not be too long, so as not to lose the flavor of the wine. The temperature of wine is very important. Generally, the temperature of white wine is between 10 and 16 degrees Celsius, and the temperature of red wine is slightly higher than that of white wine. The temperature of sweet wine can be lower, and sparkling wine is generally between 7-9 degrees Celsius. However, vintage champagne is an exception. It can't be tasted at low temperature, and its delicate flavor will be trapped and cannot be released. There is everything in the glass except the east wind. Choosing what kind of wine glass is the most important part of wine tasting. The same bottle of wine, poured into different shapes of wine glasses, will smell different aroma. Its taste will have different styles with the shape of the cup. The diameter of the glass, the length of the glass body, the width of the glass mouth and even the thickness of the glass wall will have a subtle influence on the flavor of the wine. 1. A cup with a wide body and a narrow mouth is particularly easy to condense aroma, which makes the wine present a very unrestrained bouquet. Bordeaux red wine glasses have a long body and a narrow mouth, and the taste of wine gathers at the mouth. 2. The design of narrow body and narrow mouth is to make the aroma of wine not particularly exposed, which can show more subtle changes. Burgundy red wine glass, with short body, wide belly and large mouth, is suitable for sticking your nose into it to smell the fragrance. How to take the cup after choosing the cup to pour? Don't think it is safest to hold a full stomach with your hands, because the temperature of your palm will make the wine in the cup start to get hot. Instead, try to hold the cup holder with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger. If you are not used to it, you can also find a comfortable and suitable method at the slender place between the stomach and the bottom of the cup. Pay attention to the color. Tilt the glass 45 degrees in front of a pure white background to distinguish tones from shadows. The outermost area of wine near the glass wall is called the wine edge. Generally, the stronger the wine, the narrower the wine edge, and the lighter or older the wine, the wider the wine edge. Red wine is especially obvious. After shaking a glass of wine in our hands, in order to increase the contact surface between wine and air and fully distribute its fragrance, we should shake the glass in our hands and adopt the principle of circular rotation parallel to the desktop. Whether it should be clockwise or counterclockwise depends on personal preferences and habits. After shaking the glass, the wine will leave traces on the inner wall of the glass. The stronger, thicker and longer the duration, the more alcohol, glycerin or sugar it contains, and the thicker and sweeter the wine will be. The sense of smell is mainly divided into three aspects: concentration, quality and type. Used to feel the aroma, richness, delicacy and variety of grapes. As long as the cup is close to the nose and the nose is close to the edge of the cup mouth, inhale slowly. Sometimes fruits, flowers and other aromas appear at the same time, which is the charm of wine. Don't swallow it at once, but feel the taste of the wine, sweet and sour, and so on. First put the wine in your mouth, chew and inhale, and stir it repeatedly in your mouth to make the fragrance spread all over your mouth. After the above actions are completed, you can drink. But tasting is not over, because the aftertaste left by wine is lasting, and this is the aftertaste. In fact, the rules of wine tasting are not a formula. Everyone who loves wine (except drinkers) has a unique set of tasting classics. As long as you love wine, you will think of the moment when you meet good wine.