Do you know what to pay attention to when drinking GatoNegro wine?

1. Observe its color-Pour the wine into a goblet, hold the stem of the cup and observe its color. ?

2. Smell the aroma - shake the glass gently to release the aroma and smell the aroma. ?

3. Taste--Take a small sip, let the wine melt on the tip of your tongue, and feel the taste, sweetness and sourness. ?

Let’s first talk about the five basic steps of wine tasting: color, shaking, smelling the wine, tasting, and aftertaste. ?

(1) Color. To see the color of wine, it's best to have a white background and place the wine glass in front of it. Of course, the color range depends on whether you are tasting white wine (hereinafter referred to as white wine) or red wine. The following are the colors of the two wines: white wine has light yellow green, straw yellow, golden yellow, gold, dark gold, Madeira wine color and brown; red wine has purple, ruby, brick red, reddish brown and brown. Color tells you a lot about a wine, white wines, for example, will deepen in color as they age, and conversely, red wines will lose their color. ?

(2) Shaking. Why shake the wine? To allow oxygen to enter the wine. I'm not sure if you know it accurately, but I can tell you directly: shaking will release esters, ethers and acetaldehyde, and combine with oxygen to create aroma in the wine. ?

(3) Smell the wine. Now that you've shaken it to release the aromas, what does the wine smell like? It has that form of NOSE. "NOSE" is a word that wine connoisseurs usually use to describe the overall smell of wine. The purpose of pinpointing a wine’s NOSE is to allow you to identify certain characteristics of the wine. ?

(4) Taste. For most people, wine tasting means taking a sip of wine and gulping it down quickly. But this is not called wine tasting. Wine tasting is something you do with your taste buds. Remember it's all around your mouth; on the sides of your tongue, on the back of your tongue, on the tip of your tongue, and extending to the bottom of your throat. If you drink wine like most people do, you're neglecting the all-important taste buds. ?

There is an ancient integrity in the wine industry: "Buy wine with apples, sell wine with cheese." Apples will bring out flaws in the wine, and cheese will tend to soften the smell of the wine, leaving you with a more pleasant tasting taste. ?

(5) Aftertaste. When you have a chance to taste wine, sit for a while and reflect on what you have tasted. Think about the experience you just had and ask yourself the following questions to help deepen your impression. Is the wine: ⊙ Light, medium-bodied, or full-bodied? ?

⊙ Liquor: How is the acidity? Very little, just right, or too sour? ?

⊙ Red wine: Too strong tannins or too astringent? Is it enjoyable? Or no more tannins? ?⊙ How long does the aftertaste last? ?

⊙ The most important thing is do you like this bottle of wine? ?⊙Is the price worth it? Another important point arises here. The first thing when you taste a wine is do you like it, is it the wine you want? ?

Let’s talk about traditional wine tasting. ?

Step one: Does red wine taste astringent after it is chilled?

Traditionally, the temperature for drinking red wine is cool room temperature, between 18 and 21 degrees Celsius. At this temperature , red wines of various vintages are at their best. A bottle of chilled red wine will have more pronounced tannins than a bottle of red wine at cool room temperature, so the taste will be astringent. ?

Second step: Decant the red wine until it is fully oxidized and fragrant?

A bottle of fine wine is usually dusty for many years, and there will be an odor when it is just opened. At this time, you need to " To "wake up" this wine, wait for ten minutes after pouring the wine into a beautiful decanter. The odor of the wine will dissipate. The decanter is generally required to maximize the contact surface between the wine and the air. After the red wine is fully oxidized, the rich aroma will be revealed. came out. ?

Step 3: Observe that the edges of the aged wine are brown?

The red color of red wine is enough to seduce people's hearts. When pouring red wine, hold the wine glass horizontally. No overflow is a basic requirement. Place a red wine glass horizontally on a white paper in a well-lit environment, and you can tell the age of the wine by looking at the edge of the wine.

Those with clear layers are mostly new wines, and those with even colors are a bit older. If they are slightly brown, it may be a bottle of old wine. ?

Step 4: Drink and let it stay in the mouth for a while?

Before entering the wine, take a deep sniff in the wine glass. At this time, you can already appreciate the flavor of the red wine. To enjoy the fragrance, take another sip of red wine, let the red wine stay in your mouth for a while, roll it on your tongue twice, so that your senses can fully experience the red wine, and finally swallow it all, and a fragrance will immediately linger in it. ?

Step 5: Wine order: taste new wine first and then old wine. ?

A wine tasting party usually involves tasting more than two or three red wines in order to achieve a contrasting effect. When drinking, you should follow the principle of putting fresh food first and old food last, and light food first and strong food last. Here are some expert advice and discussions with people. First of all, a good red wine should first look at its appearance. The lighter the color, the better. This is the opposite of white wine. There should be no sediment in it. Most of the sediment is grapes. The outer skin is not good. ?

Secondly, if a good red wine is poured into the cup and shaken slowly, there will be a little red wine on the wall of the cup, which we call a hanging cup. ?Third, red wine needs a special curved cup , shake slowly in front of the nose, the aroma of the wine will follow the wall of the cup upwards and slowly enter the nose. At this time, you have already started to taste the red wine. ? Fourth, after the red wine enters the mouth, taste it with the tip of your tongue first. The good thing is that it is sour and sweet. , less bitter. ?

Fifth, use your tongue to squeeze the red wine to both sides of your mouth, and taste it with both sides of your tongue. At this time, the taste of the wine will be more revealed. After several tastes, slowly Slow down your throat. If you drink draft beer the way students do, and drink it in one gulp, it will be a waste of natural resources, a sin, a sin! ?

After a bottle of wine is placed in the refrigerator, the wine temperature will drop by 10°C after 1 hour. Generally, as long as the red wine is placed in the refrigerator for 1 hour, the wine temperature will drop below 20°C. . If you forget how long the red wine has been stored in the refrigerator, don't worry. Just take out the red wine, open it and pour it into a cup. After about 30 minutes, the temperature of the red wine will be about 20°C, which is what we call Refers to "room temperature". ?

It is enough to put white wine in the refrigerator for 2 hours or in a wine barrel filled with ice water for 20 minutes. ?

Looking for some more Chinese dishes that can be paired with red wine, please add?

Seafood and shellfish?

The best pairing is champagne and non-sweet white wine. suitable. Depending on your personal taste, you can choose from light Muscadet, Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume and Rhone. ?

Chicken and Pork ?

These two meats have subtle flavors but also a lot of variety. All of the above suggestions work well together when using a light seasoning or a quick stir-fry. But if the pork is grilled into "barbecued pork", it will be better to pair it with a bottle of light to medium consistency red wine. Hainanese chicken rice goes well with champagne, Alsace Riesling, Macon-Villages, Chablis, and even the stronger Meursault. ?

Cantonese dim sum?

If it is fried dim sum, pair it with champagne and light, fresh white wines including Muscadet, Entre-deux-Mers, Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume and Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc and Riesling from Alsace. If it is steamed shrimp, tofu skin, chicken or pork, it can be paired with a thick to rich white wine in a bottle. If it is taro wedges, roast duck and other meat, it is better to pair with red wine, including Bearjolais Crus, Rhone and Bordeaux. ?

Duck ?

Duck is quite common in Chinese cuisine, including Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Beijing cuisine and Chaozhou cuisine. For smoked or roasted duck, choose a light to medium-bodied red wine such as Beaujolais, Rhone, Chinon or Burgundy.

If it has gravy (such as Teochew sauce duck), it can be paired with richer Bordeaux or Rhone (Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Hermitage, Cote Rotie). ?

Sichuan cuisine ?

Sichuan cuisine is usually spicy and oily. If you use white meat or seafood and shellfish, you can choose champagne or fresh and refreshing white wine. For other ingredients, pair it with Rhone red wine, including Gigondas, Chateauneuf-du-pape, Cote Rotie and Hermitage. ?

Shark's fin champagne is the perfect match, and of course a drop of cognac is added to the soup. ? Noodles?

For noodles based on seafood and shellfish, you can choose medium to rich white wine (please refer to "Seafood and Shellfish"). If you can't resist the Cantonese Beef Braised Noodles , pair with medium-bodied to full-bodied red wines, especially Bordeaux. ?

Shiitake mushrooms ?

If there are a lot of mushrooms in the dish, red wine is the best pairing, including medium to rich Burgundy, Bordeaux, Beaujolais Crus and Rhone. ?

Curries and other spicy foods ?

Avoid pairing wine with dishes that contain too much chilli or coconut milk. If the food is not very spicy, you can choose champagne according to the ingredients in the dish, whether it is seafood, shellfish, white meat or red meat, or a spicy white wine such as Pouilly-Fume or Graves, or a simple and cheap Rh?ne, or Bordeaux red wine. ?

The most romantic red wine is in France. ?

With the development of the winemaking industry in various countries, many countries have launched specialty red wines with unique tastes, so you should choose the best one according to your personal taste! ?

But French red wine has the most cultural heritage, just like French men always wear suits and leather shoes, elegant and refined^-^The French believe that red wine is a gift from nature given by God, so The fewer manual processes involved in processing, the more respect and gratitude to God and the preciousness of gifts can be reflected. ?

So: French red wine is the most romantic! ! ?

Let’s talk about some common misunderstandings: ?

Misunderstanding 1: Wine becomes more fragrant as it ages. In fact, most wines need to be consumed within two years (white wine) to three years (red wine) according to the brewing date marked on the bottle. The longer the better wines include: red wine produced in Bordeaux, France, Burgundy wine, high-end dry red table wine produced in California, high-end Italian red wine, and dessert wines such as French Sauternes. (This is just a simple example) ?

Misunderstanding 2: The more expensive the wine, the better. Price and quality are often not directly proportional. When wine retails for more than $125, there's no guarantee you're getting what you pay for. ?

Myth 3: Each type of wine requires a different shape of wine glass. A good general-purpose wine glass is a tulip-shaped or spherical wine glass with a capacity of 12 ounces. When serving wine, pour the wine to half or less than half of the glass, because the space left can gather the aroma of the wine and improve the taste when you taste the wine.