So,
want to learn how to taste wine and evaluate a glass of wine like an
expert? Easy. Follow our wine tasting tips below—but before you start sipping,
make sure you’re in the right tasting environment. Here’s what that means:
Good Tasting Conditions
First
things first: Make note of the circumstances surrounding your wine tasting
experience that may affect your impressions of the wine.
Evaluating by Sight
Once
your tasting conditions are as close to neutral as possible, your next step is
to examine the wine in your glass. It should be about one-third full. Loosely
follow these steps to evaluate the wine visually.
Evaluating by Sniff
Now
that you’ve given the wine a good look, you’re ready to take a good sniff. Give
the glass a swirl, but don’t bury your nose inside it. Instead, you want to
hover over the top like a helicopter pilot surveying rush hour traffic. Take a
series of quick, short sniffs, then step away and let the information filter
through to your brain.
Older wines have more complex, less fruity aromas. A fully
mature wine can offer an explosion of highly nuanced scents, beautifully
co-mingled, and virtually impossible to name. It is pure pleasure. To know more
about how to
taste wine, visit
Cellar. Asia.
