Do’s and Don’ts To Improve Your Wine Tasting Skills

Wine tasting can be as simple as enjoying a glass of wine on the deck at sunset or as complicated as judging flights of wines in a wine competition. If you’d like to get more enjoyment out of every glass of wine, here are some Do’s and Don’ts.

Don’ts

• Don’t put on cologne or perfume before drinking wine

• Don’t brush your teeth right before drinking wine

• Don’t taste red wine before white

Do’s

• To full appreciate a wine’s flavor, inhale, take a sip, roll the liquid around in your mouth, coating your taste buds, and exhale through your nose before swallowing.

• Taste wine at the correct temperature, 50 – 60 degrees for whites, 55 – 65 degrees for rose, and 62 – 68 degrees for reds.

• Instead of just drinking the wine, practice the 5 S’s of wine tasting – See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip and Savor.

Learning about wine can take a lifetime.

I am a Wine Consultant with WineShop At home. I host in-home wine tastings in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. www.wineshopathome.com/normaserrano