2. Smell its fragrance-gently shake the glass to release the fragrance and smell its fragrance. ?

3. Taste-take a sip, let the wine dissolve on the tip of the tongue, and feel its taste and sweetness. ?

Let's talk about the five basic steps of wine tasting: color, shake, smell, taste and aftertaste. ?

(1) color. Depending on the color of the wine, it is best to have a white background and put the glass in front. Of course, the color range depends on whether you taste white wine or red wine. The following are the colors of two wines: white wine has light yellow green, grass yellow, golden yellow, golden yellow, dark gold, madeira wine color and brown; Red wine includes purple, ruby, medicinal brick red, reddish brown and brown. Color will tell you a lot about wine, such as white wine. When they get old, the color will deepen. On the contrary, red wine will lose its color. ?

(2) shaking. Why did you shake the wine? In order to let oxygen into the wine. I'm not sure if you're right, but I can tell you directly: shaking will release esters, ethers and acetaldehyde, and oxygen will make the wine fragrant. ?

(3) smell the wine. What does the wine smell like now that it has been shaken to release the aroma? It has the form of nose, and "nose" is a word commonly used by wine tasters to describe the comprehensive smell of wine. Accurately pointing out the meaning of wine nose is to enable you to identify some characteristics of wine. ?

(4) tasting. For most people, tasting wine means taking a sip of wine and then swallowing it quickly. But this is not a wine tasting. Tasting wine is a matter related to taste buds. Remember that it is around your mouth; Both sides of the tongue, behind the tongue, the tip of the tongue, extend to the bottom of the throat. If you drink wine like most people, you will ignore all the important taste buds. ?

There is an old honesty in the wine industry: "Buy apples as wine and sell cheese as wine". Apples will show defects in wine, while cheese will tend to soften the smell of wine and leave you with a more pleasant taste. ?

(5) aftertaste. When you have a chance to taste wine, sit for a while and taste wine. Think about your experience just now and ask yourself the following questions to help you deepen your impression. It's wine: Light, medium rich or rich? ?

Liquor: What is the acidity? Rarely, just right, or too sour? ?

Red wine: Is the tannin too strong or too astringent? Have a good time? Still no tannin? ? How long does the aftertaste last? ?

The most important thing is whether you like this bottle of wine or not. ? Is the price worth it? Here comes another key point. When you taste a wine, the first thing is whether you like it or not. Is this the wine you want? ?

Let's talk about traditional wine tasting. ?

Step 1: Does the wine taste astringent after being chilled?

Traditionally, the temperature of drinking red wine is cool room temperature, 18 to 2 1 Celsius. At this temperature, all kinds of red wine are at their best. A bottle of chilled red wine has more obvious tannins than red wine at room temperature, so it tastes very astringent. ?

Step 2: Is the sober red wine fragrant enough after being fully oxidized?

A good bottle of wine usually stays dusty for years. It smells when it is first opened. At this time, the wine will be "awakened". After pouring the wine into a beautiful decanter, the smell of the wine will dissipate. Decanters usually require that the contact surface between wine and air be maximized. After red wine is fully oxidized, its rich aroma will be revealed. ?

Step 3: Watch the wine. Is the wine edge brown?

Red wine is red enough to stir people's hearts. When pouring red wine, the basic requirement is that the glass is placed horizontally and the wine does not overflow. In the case of sufficient light, put the red wine glass horizontally on the white paper, and you can judge the year of the wine by observing the edge of the red wine. The layers are mostly new wines, and the colors are a little old. If they are slightly brown, they may encounter a bottle of old wine. ?

Step 4: drink and let the wine stay in your mouth for a while?

Take a deep smell in the glass before entering the wine. At this time, you can appreciate the fragrance of red wine, then swallow a mouthful of red wine, let the red wine stay in your mouth for a minute, roll it on your tongue twice, let your senses fully experience the red wine, and finally swallow it all. A faint fragrance suddenly lingered among them. ?

Step 5: wine order: try new wine first and then old wine?

In order to achieve a comparative effect, wine tasting will generally taste more than two or three pieces of red wine. When drinking, we should follow the principle of new before old, light before strong. First of all, a good red wine looks like the lighter the color, the better. This is the opposite of white wine. There must be no sediment in it. Most of the sediment is grape skin, which is not good.

Secondly, good red wine will shake slowly after entering the cup, and there will be a little red wine on the wall of the cup, which is called hanging the cup. Third, red wine needs a special curved cup, which is slowly shaken in front of the nose, and the aroma of wine will go up with the cup wall and slowly enter the nose. At this time, red wine has already begun to taste. Fourth, use the tip of the tongue first after the red wine is imported. The good news is that acid is sweet and not so bitter.

5. Squeeze the red wine to both sides of the mouth with your tongue and taste it with your tongue. At this time, the taste of wine can be more revealed. After a few mouthfuls, slowly lower your throat. If students drink draft beer, it is a sin, a sin! ?

When a bottle of wine is put in the refrigerator, the temperature of the wine will drop after 1 hour 10? C, as long as the general red wine is put into the refrigerator 1 hour, the wine temperature will drop to 20? C. If you forget how long the red wine has been in the refrigerator, don't worry. Just take it out, open it and pour it into the cup. In about 30 minutes, the temperature of red wine will be 20? C, which is what we call "room temperature". ?

It is enough to put the liquor in the refrigerator for 2 hours or in a bucket filled with ice water for 20 minutes. ?

Let's find some China dishes with red wine. Would you please supplement it?

Seafood and shellfish

Best with champagne and white wine without sugar. According to personal taste, you can choose the light-flavored Muscaday, Sansell, Pley-Forme and Rona. ?

Chicken and pork?

These two kinds of meat taste subtle, but there are also many changes. All the above suggestions are well matched when using light seasoning or quick frying. However, it would be better to roast pork into "barbecued pork" with a bottle of low to medium consistency red wine. Hainan chicken rice is delicious with champagne, Alsace Riesling, Macon Village, Chablis and even strong beer. ?

Guangdong snacks?

In the case of fried dim sum, it is served with champagne and light wine. Fresh wine preferably includes muscat wine from Alsace, Entre-deux-Mers, Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume, Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc and Riesling. If it is steamed shrimp, bean curd skin, chicken or pork, it can be paired with a bottle of rich white wine. If it is taro horn, roast duck and other meat, it is best to match it with red wine, including Bearjolais Crus, Rona, Bordeaux and so on. ?

Duck?

Duck meat is quite common in China cuisine, including Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Beijing cuisine and Chaozhou cuisine. If it is smoked duck or roast duck, you can choose low to medium consistency red wine, such as beaujolais, Rhone, Chinon or Burgundy. If it is gravy (such as Chaozhou sauce duck), it can be paired with rich Bordeaux or Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Hermitage and Cote Rotie. ?

Sichuan food?

Sichuan food is usually spicy and oily. If you use white meat or seafood and shellfish, you can choose champagne or fresh and refreshing white wine. If it is made of other materials, it should be matched with Rhone red wine, including Gigondas, new castle, Coterotti and Elmy Tashi. ?

Shark's fin champagne is a perfect match, and of course a drop of cognac is added to the soup. ? Face?

For noodles with seafood and shellfish as the main ingredients, you can choose medium to strong liquor (please refer to "Seafood and Shellfish"). If it's Hui Mian, a kind of Guangdong beef that you can't resist, it should be paired with medium to rich red wine, especially Bordeaux red wine. ?

Mushrooms?

If there are a lot of mushrooms in the dishes, red wine is the best match, including Burgundy, Bordeaux, Beaujolleclu and Rona, with medium to rich consistency. ?

Curries and other spicy foods?

Avoid alcohol when there is too much pepper and coconut milk in the dish. If the food is not very spicy, you can choose champagne according to the ingredients in the dish, whether it is seafood, shellfish, white meat or red meat, or some spicy white wine such as Pouilly-Fume or Graves, or simple and cheap Rh? Ne or bordeaux wine. ?

The most romantic red wine is in France.

With the development of wine industry in many countries, many countries have introduced special red wine with unique taste. You should choose the best wine according to your personal taste! ?

However, French red wine is the most culturally rich, just like French men always wear suits and ties. It is elegant and exquisite-the French believe that red wine is a gift from God to nature, so the fewer manual processing procedures, the more they can show their respect and gratitude to God and the preciousness of the gift.

So: French red wine is the most romantic! ! ?

Let's talk about some common misunderstandings first:

Myth 1: The older the wine, the more fragrant it is. In fact, according to the brewing date marked on the bottle, most wines should be drunk within two years (white wine) to three years (red wine). The longer the wine, the better: red wine produced in Bordeaux, France, Burgundy wine, high-grade dry red table wine produced in California, Italian high-grade red wine, and wine mixed with snacks, such as Soter's wine in France. This is just a simple example?

Myth 2: The more expensive the wine, the better. Price and quality are often out of proportion. When the retail price of wine exceeds $65438+$025, there is no guarantee that you will get what you want. ?

Myth # 3: Every kind of wine needs cups of different shapes. The tulip-shaped or spherical wine glass with a capacity of 12 oz is a good wine glass suitable for general use. When filling wine, pour it to half a cup or less, because the space left can gather the fragrance of wine and improve your taste when tasting wine.