if you drink it at home, you don't have to do this. High-end restaurants must open bottles on the spot in front of guests in order to prove that they are genuine.
after the opening, the waiter handed the cork to the guests. The guest first visually checks that the cork is not rotten or deformable, and then puts the soaked end in front of his nose to smell it. If there is a musty smell, it means that the wine is poorly stored and broken. You don't need to try it. Just teach the waiter to change a bottle.
don't think smelling the cork is a stunt. According to statistics, 3%-5% of red wine has deteriorated due to cork problems. It's not worthwhile to spend a lot of money on a broken bottle of red wine! Therefore, if there is a musty smell, don't mention it and insist that the waiter change the wine.
even at home, try to smell it. If you smell more, you will know what is good or bad. After smelling the cork, I felt no problem and nodded to the waiter. The waiter can then pour a little in the cup for you to try, smell and drink.
it depends on the quality of the wine. For correct observation, put the glass in front of the white background and tilt the glass slightly outward. Pay attention to whether there are sawdust or impurities, and observe the color of the wine-coffee, which is broken; Purple, the wine is very young; Dark color in the middle (dark red), brownish yellow on the periphery, good wine.
smell is the smell of wine. Cover the nose with the whole cup mouth and take a deep breath. High-grade red wine smells "thick"-it makes people feel that it is very thick and complicated, and it takes "a lot of" oxygen, and it takes "a long, long time" to give off all the fragrance. Sometimes a glass of wine is tasted slowly for an hour, but it still feels more and more fragrant, so strong that people are reluctant to drink it later (it smells good, but it tastes less fragrant). The reason is simple-the nose is far more sensitive than the tongue. It's a good sign that I feel very thick after smelling it.
then try to drink, take a shallow sip, put it in your mouth, and push the wine around your mouth with the tip of your tongue, so that all taste cells can feel it as much as possible. Tasting wine is the last time for guests to ask for a refund. Improper storage of wine will have a musty smell. If you are not satisfied with the trial, you can ask for a return. The waiter may also try a little at this time. If there is a problem, the restaurant with good reputation will definitely take it back.
pour wine
The bottles of high-grade red wine are collected (some wine labels are a painting-art). In order to avoid the "flowing" label, the correct pouring is to make the label face up. In addition, the old wine (more than 8 years and 1 years) must have sawdust at the bottom of the bottle. Even after 3 or 5 years, some have sawdust. Therefore, be careful when pouring wine. Besides not shaking the bottle, you should leave a little on the shoulder of the bottle when you pour it to the end. It is not correct to turn the bottle upside down and try to pour the last drop of wine.
sober up
after opening a bottle of red wine, depending on the type, quality and maturity of the wine, let it stand still for 15 minutes to 1 hour and let it "breathe" with the air for chemical interaction. Assuming that you have no patience, you can directly pour it into the glass (according to international standards, it should not exceed one-third of the capacity of the glass), or even shake the glass to speed up the chance of wine contacting the air.
there are two ways to shake the glass. one is to pick up the glass and shake it inward (counterclockwise for right-handed people and clockwise for left-handed people). In this way, the cup is suspended, and it needs a little skill to shake it evenly. Another method is to hold the foot of the cup with the index finger and middle finger, put the whole palm flat on the bottom of the cup, and press the bottom of the cup on the table to rotate like grinding ink. Spin, a little harder. Unfortunately, the wine spilled out of the cup, which made people blush on the spot.
wine tasting
good red wine is a work of art. For works of art, don't "drink", but "taste". Before each drink, shake the glass, then take a deep breath through your nose, and then take a sip, so that the wine can be kept in your mouth for a while, and then you can't bear to swallow it.
it's troublesome, isn't it? If its price is expensive (say, more than 2, yuan) and its taste is very fragrant and strong, you won't feel trouble. If it's cheap (below 2 yuan), don't put on airs, just pour it out and drink it.
question 2: how to drink red wine is correct. The appropriate ways to drink red wine are as follows: 1. Drink red wine at room temperature. After pouring it into a glass, shake it with your hands to warm it up before drinking, so as to give full play to the taste of red wine. In addition, there is tannic acid in red wine, which means that you will feel astringent when drinking it, which is good for your health. Two: White wine can be drunk after ice, but it is best not to put ice into the wine, which will dilute the taste of the wine. Three: Don't add Sprite to your drink. It's not easy to extract powdered sugar from good wine. If you add sugar, your money will be wasted. Here's the most formal rule for drinking red wine. Since it's a rule, it's complicated. If you want to know the real rules for drinking red wine, you can take the time to look at it. However, I always think that such rules are definitely worked out by senior bartenders. It's too professional. For your reference only. 1. Take wine: The taste of red wine is greatly affected by temperature, so try to minimize the contact between your hands and the bottle. When holding wine, put your thumb against the bottom of the bottle and gently press the bottle with your fingertips to balance it, so as to keep the palm with the highest temperature away from the bottle. 2. Pour wine: Red wine will always have some sediment at the bottom of the bottle after being left for a long time, which will affect the taste of the wine. Therefore, when pouring wine, you should use even force to let the wine pour out gently, and don't shake the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Generally, after pouring, you should leave about two centimeters of wine at the bottom of the bottle. 3. Shake the wine: Shake the wine can fully disperse the wine smell that the red wine has not fully "woken up", make the wine more mellow, and at the same time, it can also maximize the fragrance of the red wine, and the aroma is overflowing. 4. sober up: this is an important step in drinking red wine, that is, let the red wine stand for a period of time in a spacious container, let the red wine fully contact with the air, and remove the shortcomings such as acidity, astringency and thinness in the newly opened red wine. This practice is called sobering up, and the spacious container used is called "sobering up". Generally speaking, standing for half an hour is the best drinking time, while the older the red wine, the longer it takes. But pay attention to the sense of proportion, not too long, otherwise it will be over-oxidized, and then it will be tasteless. 5. Drinking: China's white wine is strong, burning the throat, so it needs to be dried at a draught. Red wine is different. After fully sobering up, the taste of red wine is mellow and varied. After taking a sip, it is fully rotated in the mouth, so that all aspects of the tongue can keep touching red wine, and it will find that it has an ever-changing taste, and it can only be memorable after swallowing. Only in this way can we appreciate the true charm of red wine. Don't add sprite to red wine, it will dilute the taste of wine and affect its mellow beauty. Red wine can be drunk before or after meals. It is best to have a full sense of taste in your mouth.
question 3: how to drink red wine? Generally, there is nothing special about red wine, but a goblet and a glass with high transparency are enough, because generally, red wine is a table wine, and the price is only 1-2 dollars. Good red wine, such as Lafite and Mouton, should be very particular, from opening the cork, sobering up, to serving the cup, shaking the cup, smelling the wine, tasting the wine, and then pouring the wine, shaking the cup, smelling the fragrance, and drinking it-hehe, it's not a one-or-two-sentence red wine culture, and what kind of environment, lighting and music should it match, whether it is a gathering of friends or a romantic lover. Don't eat anything with heavy taste. In addition, seafood with high iron content such as squid, cuttlefish and yellow croaker is not suitable for dry red, otherwise it will produce fishy smell and affect the taste.
The drinking temperature of dry red is 16-18 degrees. If it is fresh dry red, such as Beaujolais, the drinking temperature should be about 3 degrees lower.
it is best to use a standard red wine glass, so that the color and aroma of the wine can be better observed. Note that the wine set should be clean and dry when it is poured into the wine. If the residual water will affect the taste, the water texture can be obviously felt. Therefore, it can often be seen that the cups on the red wine glass rack are placed upside down, which is convenient for the water to drain naturally after washing the cups. If you really need to wash the cup and drink it immediately, you should spin it dry, and don't wipe it with a napkin with heavy essence, which is easy to smell.
high-quality dry red wine usually needs to be sobered up. If the wine that has not been touched before can be tasted at different sober-up times, the greatest charm of the wine lies in the change. After knowing how long it takes for the wine to wake up and taste the best, you can wake up to the best time next time and feel the most perfect state of the wine.
question 5: how do you drink red wine (wine) to feel it? Drinking more people, drinking red wine and sprite, in fact, can't really appreciate the taste of wine. The front end of human tongue is sweet, the two sides in the middle are sour, and the back is bitter, while good wine has a reasonable mix of flavors and a clear structure. So if you want to taste wine well, you might as well drink it like gargling, so that you will realize the true meaning of wine. < P > Question 6: How should you drink red wine? 1. tasting red wine is divided into three steps:
(1) observing the color-
seeing the color, luster and clarity of the wine.
put the wine in a goblet, hold the handle or hold the bottom of the goblet, tilt it at a 45-degree angle, put a piece of white paper under the goblet, and carefully observe the color of the wine with the help of natural light. At the same time, observe the color of a round part of the wine center, and pay attention to the reflection. There is a crescent-shaped part on the edge, called rim, which can find some clues about the age, aging and alcohol content of the wine. The almost colorless and transparent curved edge changes due to the surface tension of alcohol volatilization, and the higher it is, the higher the alcohol degree is.
The color of the wine should be clear and shiny, and it should not be muddy. Depending on the difference of the color of the wine, the maturity of this bottle of wine can be judged. It is best to observe the color of the wine in the sun and in front of a white background as much as possible. Usually, the older the red wine, the lighter the color, and the darker the younger it is.
The color of the "cup skirt" of white wine is deep golden yellow with very strong transparency. Many white wines are light yellow at first, and the color becomes darker with the increase of time. Usually, the color of the wine in cool areas is light, and the "cup skirt" is golden yellow, which is the wine in high temperature areas. The color of the "cup skirt" of the wine aged in oak barrels is dark. Very young wines often glow with turquoise, Or the oxidized wine is brown.
The color of the "cup skirt" of red wine is complex, from rose red to brown and orange to blue-purple, which mostly depends on the grape variety used, but the production age and region of the wine also affect its color. Compared with white wine, the more mature the red wine is, the clearer it becomes. Tilt the glass to observe the edge of the wine: deep or shallow, All indicate the age of the wine. Crimson wine indicates that the temperature in the producing area is high.
Viscosity of the wine: When the wine in the glass cup is rotated, the wine drops left on the glass wall can be observed, which are called "tears" or "legs" by people in the industry. The higher the sugar content and alcohol content of the wine, the more obvious the wine drops are.
(2). Smell the fragrance-
Put your nose close to the mouth of the cup, and smell the static wine first. Then rotate the glass a little, so that the wine in the glass ripples gently, prompting the wine to contact with the air (especially the oxygen in the air), so that the aroma of the wine can be released. Then put the glass close to the nose, inhale again, and smell the aroma. Compared with the feeling of smelling it for the first time, the aroma for the first time is more direct and light, and the aroma for the second time is more rich, strong and complex. When smelling wine, you should put your nose into the cup and smell it briefly, instead of taking a long deep breath. Smell whether the wine is fragrant, whether there is pure fruity aroma or gross, stuffy, light, fresh, sour, sweet, rich, greasy, * * *, strong or seductive shyness.
(3) Taste-
Lift the glass, put the mouth of the glass between your lips, press your lower lip, lean your head back slightly, and suck the wine into your mouth. Wine pays attention to sipping slow products in small sips. Let the wine turn over in your mouth, ponder with your tongue repeatedly, let the wine dissolve on the tip of your tongue, or wrap the wine with your tongue and turn it in your mouth, or "chew" it, so that every taste bud can be fully opened and its taste and sweetness can be felt.
Specifically, let the tongue fully taste three main flavors: the sweetness of the tip of the tongue, the sourness of both sides, and the bitterness of the root of the tongue; Let the whole upper jaw and lower jaw of the oral cavity fully contact with the wine to feel the acidity, sweetness, bitterness, shade, thickness, balance and coordination of the wine, and let the wine spread throughout the oral cavity; You can also smile and breathe in gently. This can not only prevent wine from flowing out of the mouth, but also make wine vapor enter the back of the nasal cavity. Finally, at the end of the taste analysis, it is best to swallow a small amount of wine and spit out the rest. Then, lick the teeth and the inner surface of the mouth with your tongue to identify the tail smell. A good wine aftertaste can last for 15-2 seconds. Generally speaking, the better the wine flavor, the more lasting it is, and the richer the flavor types, especially for some long-lasting old wines, the lingering fragrance can last for a long time in the mouth.
it is worth noting that when holding a glass, be careful not to hold the glass body, because the temperature of the palm will affect the taste of the wine.
2. Color of wine
Where does the color of wine come from? Mainly from the skin and juice of grapes. Whether it is red grapes or white grapes, the pulp is white, and only the skin of red grapes has the color of red wine. For red wine, during the fermentation process, the skin and juice are fermented together, and the pigment in the skin will appear red when it enters the wine. And ... > >
question 7: how to drink red wine with the best taste? In recent years, wine (red wine) has gradually become a favorite alcoholic drink in our country. But wine is still a very strange thing to most people, especially the knowledge of imported wine is even less. In fact, wine is not only a fashionable alcoholic beverage, but also a drink that is beneficial to human health when drunk in moderation.
why do you say that drinking wine in moderation is beneficial to human health? Because wine is made from grapes, and wine contains glucose, beneficial yeast, rich vitamins and minerals, drinking wine in moderation will be beneficial to human health. Moreover, the alcohol concentration of wine is lower than that of other liquors, foreign wines and beer, and it is suitable for drinking by men, women and children. There are different kinds of wines, such as red wine, white wine, rose wine, sparkling wine and fortified wine, which are suitable for different needs of different people.
The geographical location of the major wine-producing regions in the world is between 3 degrees and 5 degrees north and south latitude of the earth. The wine-producing countries in the northern hemisphere are France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United States, Portugal, Canada and China, and the wine-producing countries in the southern hemisphere are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and Argentina, so the first choice for buying wine is the above countries. Of course, many people know that the best wine producing country is France, but it should also be noted that the climate, formula, technology and taste of brewing wine in each country are different, and everyone's taste and taste are also very different, so it is difficult to choose the wine that suits you! The princess can only teach you a little knowledge about how to taste red wine, but she doesn't know much about the types of wine.