Roll the wine around your mouth with your tongue and note the different flavors.
Don't be shy: wine experts stick their nose deep into the glass in order to pick up the complex nuances.
Sauvignon blanc is light, grassy, and herbaceous. The first stage of wine tasting is looking over the appearance of the wine. Wine is often served with dinner. Terroir is the taste of the territory.
The world's oldest person – at one hundred twenty-two – attributed her longevity to a diet of olive oil, port wine and chocolate. Chinon is a town in France renowned for its winemaking.
Wine grapes grow almost exclusively between 30 and 50 degrees latitude north and south of the equator. When at a wine tasting event, one is not frowned upon for spitting wine out. Beaujolais, from the region that is its namesake, is made from Gamay grapes.
A big body makes an impression on the palate. A lingering finish indicates a luscious vintage! Whence comes Zinfandel? Scientists say it is related to grapes from Croatia and Italy. Wines that are named for a region are always capitalized – Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Rioja, Chianti, Lambrusco, etc. Wine and a sonnet to ponder. Overripe grapes can make the wine taste burnt.
Sauvignon blanc is light, grassy, and herbaceous. The first stage of wine tasting is looking over the appearance of the wine. Wine is often served with dinner. Terroir is the taste of the territory.
The world's oldest person – at one hundred twenty-two – attributed her longevity to a diet of olive oil, port wine and chocolate. Chinon is a town in France renowned for its winemaking.
Wine grapes grow almost exclusively between 30 and 50 degrees latitude north and south of the equator. When at a wine tasting event, one is not frowned upon for spitting wine out. Beaujolais, from the region that is its namesake, is made from Gamay grapes.
A big body makes an impression on the palate. A lingering finish indicates a luscious vintage! Whence comes Zinfandel? Scientists say it is related to grapes from Croatia and Italy. Wines that are named for a region are always capitalized – Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Rioja, Chianti, Lambrusco, etc. Wine and a sonnet to ponder. Overripe grapes can make the wine taste burnt.
Trichloroanisole, or stinky cork, is produced when chlorine used in sanitization comes into contact with natural cork-dwelling bacteria.
