Do You Drink Wine Like A Sommelier?
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The hypnotizing experience of sipping through fine wine is hard to be described in words. While much of the enjoyment of wine rests with the quality of it, you can further intensify it by paying attention to the finer aspects of drinking. The following are the tips of wine drinking that would go a long way to enhance your experience of wine. |
Preliminaries Ordering or purchasing a fine wine is surely the first step, but make sure that you have an equally good opener so that the whole operation is a smooth one. Furthermore, if you were opening a stored wine bottle, a quality opening device would come in handy with a difficult cork. |
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There’s another thing that you need to watch out for in old wine bottles and that’s fungus on the cork. If it’s a hit, then make sure that none of it is allowed into the bottle, wipe it off clean before you proceed. Don’t forget the cork once you’ve removed it, instead sniff it to know whether the drink is still intact, often the foul smell would indicate that the drink’s abode is in the bin than in your tummy. |
If the wine’s been stored for sometime then there’s quite a possibility of sedimentation or formation of gritty residue at the bottom. Lest it spoils your evening or morning, decant the drink into another vessel using a filter, and relax. |
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| Wine Glasses It’s now a well-established fact, that for the most part it’s the aroma that leads to and enhances the taste of wines. And that most bar accessory manufacturers would vouch for it. Just as there are different kinds of the drink so are the glasses that go hand in hand with them, a slight mismatch and you risk losing out on pleasure. Meant for red wines the Bordoux glass is tall with a wide bowl and directs the drink to the back of the mouth. Cabernet and Merlot are two of the most suited wines for the design. Then there’s the Burgundy glass that has a wider bowl to accumulate the aromas, it’s great for wines such as the Pinot Noir. Narrowness is the prime characteristic of white wineglasses, while not as slim as the champagne flutes, they feature straighter sides. Their slender design and the longer stem, both aid in keeping the wines cool. About half a century ago, serving champagne in wider vessels may have been the convention, but now the times have changed and it been learnt that champagnes are best served in tall slender vessels. Moreover, the general consensus goes that most effervescent drinks need to be treated like that, as the long and slender shape enable the bubbles to last longer in the glass. Because the shape does matter, you’d positively need to educate yourself about different glasses and wines that go along with different wines, if you really want to make your wine drinking an ethereal experience. |
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The Right Temperature If you neglect the temperature at which you serve wine, then you’d do it at your own risk as the flavors and aroma a great deal on temperature. It’s often recommended that the champagnes be served cold, just as you’ve taken them out of the refrigerator. |
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On the other hand white wines taste the best the cellar temperature of between 12 to 16 degree Celsius. If you try a white wine ice cold, you won’t get the flavors it harbors, as the cold drink would desensitize your taste buds. The red wines are the most unique of them all as they can be taken cold as well as warm. In a nutshell, the richer ones need to be served warmer e.g. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot |
| bot reds, while the whites like the Chardonnay and Viognier are better served at lower temperatures. |
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| Pouring & Serving If professionals are to be believed pouring and filling up the glass too isn’t child’s play. You need to ensure that you don’t fill up the glass too much and up to the brim. The agreed upon right way is to pour it gently, and fill it up only till the widest part of the glass. This advice is well suited to red as well as white wines. The advantage of pouring it till the widest part is that you can then easily swirl it, thus releasing the aromas, which have been shown to contribute up to 75% to the taste. The aromas once released would then accumulate at the top enhancing the flavor. Moreover, once you’ve filled up the glass you need to wait and let the drink to settle and release its flavors. As a thumb rule you need to allow the younger red wines lesser time than the older versions. It’s usually an hour or so for the younger ones and two to three hours for the finer lot. Another point to note is the age of the wine, often the red wines become better as they age, the whites on the other hand might lose some of their taste. A quick check to know the age of the drink is to hold the glass against a white background. While a white wine tends to acquire a brownish tinge with time, the red ones become paler. |
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| Drinking To Happiness Just like the preparation, drinking wine too is an art. To slowly enjoy the experience is the soul of drinking. Begin by sipping in and let it tour you mouth for a couple of moments as it releases the flavors and the aromas, and then gulp it down. |
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Often mixing wine with food makes a great treat; it’s often suggested that while the white wines go along well with white meats as in chicken and seafood, the red wines are a pleasure to be taken in combination with the red meats. However, if you’re not very experienced with the drink and can’t quite guess which ones would pair best with different cuisine, then let the more experienced person take the decision. |
Generally if you’re at an eating joint, don’t shy from seeking help of a professional sommelier, often she would provide you with more insight about the most apt options. One similar lines the professionals at your local home bar accessories stores can help you choose the vessels, if you’d want to own a wine glass collection. All said, to enjoy the experience of wine is the key and once you’ve done most things right, the pleasure of wine or beer drinking will prevail throughout the spell and afterwards. |
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