Wine Tasting - The Basics

By: Lisa Jackson

Today, many individuals hosts wine tasting parties to celebrate the wonderful beverage that is wine. It is a great way to taste all the different kinds of wine and a good excuse to throw an in home wine tasting party. Nonetheless, you may not know the first thing about wine. Surely you wouldn't want to be the laughing stock at the party just because you don't know how to taste wine properly. So, here are some basics on how to taste wine.

The first think is not what you might think, looking at the wine and not drinking it is the correct step. Only fill your wine glass up to half way. The reason for this is that when it is time for you to rim test the wine, you will need to tilt the glass to take a look at its color. Now, you can't tilt a wine glass if it is full of wine, can you?

The correct way to hold the glass is with the step and not the bowl. .The heat from your hand can change the temperature of the wine so this is the reason we hold the glass by the stem even thought it might feel a little uncomfortable. Another reason is to avoid blurring the color of the wine with your fingerprints.

The next step after looking at the color is to swirl the wine around your glass. The reason we do this is to release all the flavors from the wine but to also release the aroma.

Smelling the wine is the next step, after you have swirled the wine all the scents are released. Place the glass just under your nose and take a deep breath through your nose. The smell of the wine will also indicate its age or its origin. The quality of the wine may also be determined by the smell alone.

After that, you are now ready for tasting the wine. Tasting the wine doesn't involve gulping everything inside the wine glass at once. You only need to take small sips to really get the full flavor of a wine, after all you are only tasting the wine.

After having wine inside your mouth, you need to roll the wine around your tongue. There are three things that you need to remember when you taste the wine. The first is the first impression or what the wine tastes like when it enters your mouth, the second is the taste or the flavor of the wine when you are actually swirling the wine around your mouth and the third is the aftertaste, which is the lingering flavor after swallowing the wine.

These are the things that you need to remember when you taste wine. By remembering these few tips as a wine spectator, you will surely be an accomplished taster at your next wine tasting event.

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