Wine-My Basic Wine Tasting Technique
I do enjoy wine. Do I know a lot about wine, and have I been drinking wine for decades? The answer is no and no. That being said, you have to start somewhere, so let's start with your basic wine tasting. As a beginner, I am looking for a process to help me better taste my wine. As I research wine tastings, I have found 3, 4, and 5 steps to wine tasting. There are three main factors: visual, smell, and taste. Other steps you could add are swirl and spit, and you can also include savor. I would love to get to the point where I was an expert at all 5, but that will not happen anytime soon. As far as the "spit" portion of the wine tasting, I would prefer to "dump". Meaning I want one of those containers to pour my leftover wine into rather than having to spit. I was never into spitting unless something was so offputting that I had no choice. The Wine Tasting 1-The Visual -Take a good look at your wine. Look at the color and t...