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Observe and Study The Wine There are two clear ways to hold the wine glass, do this as follows: If you are drinking wine that’s chilled, do not hold the main bowl of the glass of wine, you should always handle the glass by the stem. When you are tasting a wine given to you at room temperature – handle the glass of wine by lifting it it in between your two central fingers now the bowl should rests on the palm of your hand. Now that you have the wine glass comfortably in your hand, search for something white and put the wine glass at a slight angle against it. Stretch out your wine glass to arms distance, but be careful not the spill the wine! This is never a good start. You might need to alter the distance you hold the glass at due to your personal sight. This is the place where you can study the wine, here you are looking at the clarity and colour of the wine. Wine comes in many colours and not the red and white, by studying the clarity you may be able to see that wines can be green, yellow, gold, pink, purple, or even black. We all should know that the grape controls the colour of a wine, if you are keen to astonish anyone I would not go around shouting this out as the height of your knowledge, however if you are in a group of wine novices you could put it into discussion. Clarity indicates age. The clearer the wine, generally means it’s a younger wine, a murkier or cloudy wine will generally indicate that there is a flaw with the wine, if this is true I personally would not drink the wine. When you are looking at the clarity of the wine you will see variances between wines, but the clarity has little bearing on the taste, but all wine experts enjoy the beauty of wine. How the wine smells. You should still have the wine glass held in the way we discussed earlier, first you should swirl the wine, turn your hand gently so that the wine swirls around the wine glass, be careful not to drip your wine.You should find it very simple to swirl the wine, you won’t have to be vigorous with the glass, a small movement will achieve what you want. The plan behind all this swirling is to lift the wine's aroma out of the wine itself and into the empty area of the glass thus allowing it to be inhaled and savored. Move your wine glass to your nostrils as graciously as you're able and bring it in slightly beneath the end. Breath in deeply. Savor for a few moments and then inhale again. Remember to breath out frequently or you may have dizzy spells. When you smell the wine and discuss about the fragrance, remember to be truthful with the things you can smell, you may be surprised to find you can smell things like flowers, if you can be truthful you will enjoy the evening more. Time to Taste The Wine This is not about drinking great huge gulps and glasses of wine down like no tomorrow, you be slow to make the most the tasting of the wine, furthermore in any one wine evening or party you may drink over 12 varying wines, so take your time. Bring your wine glass to your mouth, open them a small amount and take a tiny sip. Now close you mouth and roll the wine around on your tongue for a couple seconds before letting it to go slowly down your throat, ensure to breath out at the same time. At this point you should be able to taste more of the wine, you should be courageous and tell people what you can taste; flavours, aromas and the dryness of the wine There you go, this is not going to make you an Oz Clark over night, but it may get you through your first wine tasting evening, if this is sounds like your idea of hell, let me tell you that two years ago I would have agreed, but once you try it you will never see wine in the same way.
Helen Carter is a www.winehound.co.uk”>wine merchant that specialises in sourcing www.winehound.co.uk/List.aspx?Mode=1&Colour=fizz”>cheap champagne for her own consumption and her personal wine cellar, she writes about wine in her spare time.
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