Easy Steps to Tasting Wine

Legend has it that Cleopatra once promised Marc Anthony that he would "drink the value of the province" in a glass of wine, after which she drank an expensive pearl with a glass of wine. Marilyn Monroe was rumored to bathe in a bathtub of champagne. The lure of wine is cross-cultural and strong. Enjoying wine, once surrounded by pomp and circumstances, is now something that many of us daily to enjoy food, friends and family. There is no reason each experience should be exceptional as taking a bath in Champagne. Knowing a few simple tips about tasting wine can enhance your wine experience by leaps and bounds and easily transition you from wine lover to wine expert.

STEP 1 - LOOKING

Fill the glass about one-third full, never more than half full. Take it to handle. This may feel awkward at first, but there are good reasons: Holding the glass by its bowl hides the liquid from view; fingerprints blur its color; warmth of your hand changes the temperature of the wine. Wine experts can usually tell immediately how much a person knows about wine by looking at the way they hold their glass.

Focus on color, intensity and clarity of the wine color. True color or hue, the wine is best assessed by tilting the glass of wine and browse through the rim to see a departure from the deepest part of the liquid to its edges. Intensity can best be measured looking straight down through the wine above. Clear whether the wine is brilliant, or cloudy with particles-is most evident when light is shining sideways through the glass.

STEP 2 - ROTATING

Then comes a twist. This can feel very unnatural, even dangerous if your glass is too full and your carpet or clothing is nothing new. But besides stirring up the full range of colors, it lets the wine breathe a little and releases some of the flavor of verification. The easiest way to rotate is on holiday at the base of the cup on the table, hold the stem between thumb and forefinger and gently rotate the wrist. Right-handers will find a counter-clockwise motion easiest, left-handers the reverse.

Move the glass of wine while dancing, climbing nearly to the brim. Then stop. Since regulates fluid back into the bottom of the glass, transparent film will appear on the inside of the cup, the wine known as "tears" and "feet." You will often hear people pondering about the legs or showing them off, "Hey look at the feet of this wine!" But in reality they are just an indication of the amount of alcohol in wine: the more alcohol, the more tears or legs.

STEP 3 - SMELLING

When you stop swirling, and legs are included, it is time to take the next step: smelling. Swirling the wine, which evaporates and a thin sheet of liquid on the sides of the glass evaporates rapidly, the result is a strengthening of spices. I'm sure you've seen wine snobs do that and you laugh at them, but stick your nose right in the bowl and breathe.

There is no consensus about the proper sniffing technique. Some lawyer two or three quick inhalations, while others prefer a deep, sharp sniff. I've seen tasters close one nostril, sniff, then close the other and sniff again. It really does not matter how you do it as long as you can get a good sniff inches with practice and desire attention, you will learn how to improve your perception of aromas, and then how to decipher them.

In the world of smell is vast and huge. Firstly, our olfactory equipment is extremely sensitive, we can distinguish aromas in quantities so small that only laboratory equipment can measure them. Second, our analytic capacity is extraordinary; estimates of the number of different smells humans can identify range up to 10,000!

As with color, the wine aromas offer insights into the nature, origin and history. Because our taste is actually limited to four simple categories (well known for sweet, sour, bitter and salt), aroma is the most revealing aspect of our research. But do not simply sniff for clues. Revel in the sensation. Scientists say smells have direct access to the brain that connects immediately with memory and emotion. As the perfume lover, or the smell of cookies from childhood, the aroma of the wine may cause a certain place and time with uncanny power.

STEP 4 - TASTING

With aromas still reverberating through your senses, put the glass to his lips and take some liquid in. How much? You should have enough volume of work to do all his tasting apparatus, but not so much that you are forced to swallow right now.

I do not want to swallow, but not just yet. It takes time and effort to force the wine to reveal its secrets. Keep a nice wine in your mouth for 10 to 15 seconds, sometimes more.

Roll the wine all around your mouth is brought into contact with any part, as any other aspect of decoding the liquid. Wine provokes sensations, too: The astringency of tannins is most perceptible on the inner cheeks, the warmth of the alcohol burns in the back of the throat.

First, by holding the wine in your mouth, purse your lips and inhale gently through them. This creates a gurgle noise children find very funny. It also accelerates vaporization, enhancing flavors. Secondly, chew strong wine, it sloshing around in your mouth to draw every last nuance of flavor from the wine.

Do not forget the final. Once you swallow, exhale gently and slowly through both your nose and mouth. In retro-nasal passage, which connects the throat and nose, is another way to fragrance to keep long after the wine is finally swallowed. You'll find that better wine, more complex, deep and lasting these residual aromas can be. With great wines, sensitive tasters and minimal distractions, the finish can last a minute or more. This is a moment of meditation and communion that no other beverage can create.