Tips On How To Become An Accomplish Wine Taster


by pius vic - Date: 2008-07-04 - Word Count: 397 Share This!

Millions of people all over the world are drinking wine but only few know how to recognize its characteristics. Today, wine tasting parties are organized to bring together all wine lovers and test their expertise. It takes a lot of experience and exposure before a person can be called a wine expert. However, becoming one is surprisingly easy. Below are some useful tips on how to an accomplish wine taster:

1. Preparing the tongue.

Apparently, the tongue plays a major role in wine tasting. It contains taste buds that are responsible in discerning if food or drinks being eaten are bitter, salty, sour, or sweet. In order to make it function as planned, you will need to swish the wine around the mouth, this will basically signal to the tongue to get ready in uncovering the wine.

2. Preparing the sense of smell.

Actually 75% of taste is rule by the sense of smell. Apart from the tongue, nose also play crucial role in wine tasting. As a result, wine experts agreed that is a bad idea to engage in wine tasting while having cold, hence it will affect their sense of taste. By smelling the wine, this is necessary required to swirl it first. It will release the molecules that produces the aroma.

3. Examining the wine's appearance.

To be able to recognize the wine color, pour it in a tablecloth as the background. This procedure will give you an idea about the age of the wine. For example, when white wine appears whiter it means it contains more flavors and it may be vintage. On the other hand, red wines appear lighter as they age.

4. Evaluating the wine.

After the first 3 steps has been followed, what next is to evaluate the wine. In order to do so, these questions must be answered: Is wine rich or light? Is it too harsh or too smooth? Does it have pleasant aftertaste? Is it too dry

The answers will lead the wine taster to decide if the taste is appropriate for a specific brand or type of wine.

To become an expert wine tester, you need to taste several wines. It would help to keep notes on the impression and labels of each wine. It will make identification process easier and more accurate for you. Acquiring this skills need time and learning experience. Don't do it in a hurry, take your time to enjoy the process.

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Victor writes regularly about wine related topics, for bargain deals on best red wine, white wines, wine racks, vintage wines, go over to www.wine101s.com/

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