How to order and taste wine
Food / / December 19, 2019
In the movie, we often see as the main character rolls the wine in the glass, the smell determines that this Cabernet Sauvignon 1941 and exclaims: "Oh, yes! Crop that summer turned out to be very bad, "At this point, it is heard a loud bang - it sommeliers all over the world are doing rukalitso.
Artemy Lebedev parses all the stages of ordering and tasting wine and gives some interesting facts about this drink.
How to Order Wine
1. When you come to the restaurant, first with the menu you have to give the wine list. If the place is rustic, it can be found with the back of the menu.
2. If you do not develop a preference for wines, guided by the price. Simply order something from the price range in which you are not a toad strangling. Then, over time preferences - for example, the Armenian wine is better never ordered, but Spanish is always beautiful. With experience, you will understand that drinking pinot noir and merlot can not, even if they are your gift will be served, as this shit in 99% of cases.
3. Do not be fooled by the name of the region. Sometimes even smart people can be heard: "Oh, Barolo! This is a very good wine, I know him! "The impossible only a Barolo shit do not love him just for the name.
4. The entire wine industry - it's the same superlohotron as the world of fashion or yuvelirki. Almost all the experts, if they pour wine bottle without labels, not to mention the country, the name, the brand and the price does not determine anything.
Wine is drunk without legends bad. This is the main secret. Therefore, the wine - it is always a story, mood, atmosphere, conversation, food and company. For that we love him.
5. You bring the bottle and usually show the label. At this point you need to nod - what can I say? The main thing - be sure to bring it red, not white.
6. The waiter or sommelier opens the bottle. You can just wait until it happens to continue the conversation with the girl.
7. In simple establishments waitress puts a cork in a pocket of the apron, and inspirational - and saucer. Always ask for the plug itself! If this is not glass, tin and rubber, namely cork stopper on it can immediately understand everything. First, the wine should soak it no more than a couple of millimeters. Secondly, you need to smell it. On the hundredth jam aroma starts to be informative. At least at the level of "shit - no shit" or "spoiled - not spoiled" everything is already clear on the smell and sight tubes. A very old wine corks can crumble into dust, nothing can be done.
8. If the place is pathos, to wander in the wine decanter. He first of all need to get rid of the sludge liquor from the bottle. The second (side) function - aeration of wine ( "to breathe").
9. Glasses should be odorless. When the glass stands empty in the restaurant, just smell it. If bears cleanser or grandfather's closet (very often!), ask simply wash under the tap.
How to taste wine
1. Comele usually pours wine to sample the young man. Very rarely ask who will try. You need to rotate the glass, clutching the bottom of the table, and then to draw in the mouth smacking small the number, lift the mouth (not yet swallow) and make the tongue from side to side in order to saturate the wine air. The taste should be felt on the entire tongue and palate.
2. And then the most important thing. That it is necessary to assess at this point? What to say to the waiter? What if the wine tastes - full of crap? Can I opt out? It was also expensive!
It's simple. As wine - it is always a lottery, can only evaluate his depravity. If it is just a tasteless, it's your problem. It is clear that, if you order a bottle of 1000 dollars, sip and asked to carry out, it is for the restaurant not the most comfortable situation.
If the wine tastes like vinegar or sour smells as if it was opened a week ago, we should boldly ask to replace the bottle or bring more.
Normally, no one would argue with you, for the waiter is not fine. Sommelier can come to unobtrusive conversation to assess your value as an appraiser taste. Then he will try to agree and replace.
3. Well, we evaluated, we poured. Here you can set up an experiment. The two identical glasses, pour the same amount of wine. One glass a little twist (five times), the wine rolled in a circle. And now, just smell the first nevercheny glass, then - spinning. And then try out each one.
4. Enjoy!
see also
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