1. Look at the wine (preferably against a white background)\x0d\- From directly above the glass, see if the wine is clear. If it is cloudy, it is not good. \x0d\- Looking horizontally from the side of the glass, shake the glass to see how fast the wine flows evenly down the wall. The stickier the wine and the slower it flows, the better the wine. \x0d\ - Tilt the glass sideways at a 45-degree angle to see that there is a layer of watery body at the point where the wine meets the wall of the glass, and the wider it is, the higher the alcohol content of the wine. At the point where this watery body meets the body of the wine, different colors can appear, thus indicating the age of the wine. Blue and lavender = 3-5 years old. Red brick color = 5-6 years. Amber = 8-10 years. Orange color indicates that it has expired. \x0d\\\\\2. Smell the wine \x0d\- It is best to take a breath of fresh outdoor air before smelling the wine. \x0d\\- Tilt the glass at a 45-degree angle and probe the tip of your nose into the glass to smell the original odor of the wine. Wines that are on the tender side still smell fruity. Hidden wines have compounded aromas. \x0d\- After shaking the glass, quickly smell the odor released from the wine and see if it is stable compared to the original odor. \x0d\\\\3. Wine Tasting\x0d\- Take a small sip and swirl it around in your mouth. If the wine has a high content of tannin, there will be a dry feeling in your mouth because tannin has an astringent effect, which indicates that the wine is not yet fully matured. It is best if the taste is sour-sweet-bitter-salty to achieve balance. \x0d\- After spitting out or swallowing the wine, see how the flavor stays in the mouth \x0d\ First, there is the learning of the cork. The ideal state of the cork should be that only the bottom is wet, while the other parts remain dry. A cork that is too dry or too wet indicates that air has entered the wine, which affects the quality of the wine. Ideally, the bottom of the cork should be wet and the rest of the cork should be dry. In addition, if the wet part of the cork has a sour or bad taste, it means that the bottle of wine may have been opened. \x0d\\\\x0d\ Secondly, check the 'color'; that is, pour a small amount of wine into a glass and observe the color of the wine before tasting. The color of the wine, whether white or red, should be clear. Some red wines are darker in color, but not cloudy. Also, the hue of the color is important, just as purple is usually a lighter vintage wine, deep red is a more mature wine, and brick red or brown represents a more mature age. Generally speaking, whether it's white or red wine, the darker color of the wine is also relatively better in quality. \x0d\\\\x0d\[Most people who don't know much about wine will follow suit and shake their glasses when drinking wine without realizing what it is all about. In fact, this is the basic action of wine tasting, good wine, especially red wine in the light shake will leave wine marks", gently shaking the glass, so that the wine to form a vortex around the glass spinning, and then lift the glass, keep it stable, so that the wine by the glass wall sliding down. If the wine slowly slides down leaving clear wine marks, it means the wine is of good quality. Another purpose of \x0d\\\x0d\\\ shaking the glass gently is to let the aroma of the wine come out, so that the taster can judge the wine by the process of "smelling" it. The human sense of smell is capable of distinguishing more than 100 different odors. Approach the wine glass and take a deep breath, a good wine will have its own special aroma. The aroma of wine is a very good indicator when tasting wine, and a good red wine has a rather complex odor, not mixed with bad smells or strange flavors. A good wine has a complex odor that is not intermingled with bad smells or strange flavors. A good wine connoisseur may even be able to distinguish between oak, black cherries, violets, nutmeg, and other aromas by the smell of the wine. \x0d\\\\\x0d\\ After these steps and simple practice, can you tell whether the wine in your mouth is sweet or astringent? Does it have a strong fruity flavor? How does it taste when you drink it? Of course, to be able to taste a wine, one has to try and compare different kinds of wines and absorb relevant information before one can get good at it. At the same time, one may have different opinions on the same wine with experience. \x0d\\ Five basic steps in wine tasting: color, shaking, smelling, tasting, aftertaste \x0d\\\\x0d\(a) Color. \x0d\\\x0d\\ wants to see the color of the wine, it is best to have a white background and place the glass in front of it. Of course the color range depends on whether you are tasting white wine (hereafter referred to as white wine) or red wine. Here are the colors of the two wines: white wines are pale yellow-green, straw yellow, golden, gold, dark gold, Madeira, and brown; red wines are purple, ruby, medicine brick red, reddish brown, and brown. Colors tell you a lot about the wine; white wines, for example, deepen in color as they age, and red wines, conversely, lose their color. \x0d\\\\\x0d\(ii) Shake. \x0d\\\\x0d\\ Why do you shake wine? To let oxygen into the wine. I'm not sure if you're accurate yet, but I can tell you very directly: shaking causes esters, ethers, and acetaldehyde to be released and, along with oxygen, gives the wine its aroma. \x0d\\\\\x0d\(c) Smell the wine. \x0d\\\x0d\\ Now that you have shaken to make the aroma release, what does the wine smell like? It has that form of NOSE, and "NOSE" is the word commonly used by wine tasters to describe the combined odor of wine. The point of pinpointing the NOSE of a wine is that it allows you to recognize certain characteristics of the wine. \x0d\\\\\x0d\(d) Tasting. \x0d\\\\x0d\\ For most people, wine tasting means taking a sip of wine and swallowing it quickly. But that's not called wine tasting. Wine tasting is something you engage in with your taste buds. Remember it is all around your mouth; the sides of your tongue, the back of your tongue, the tip of your tongue, and down to the base of your throat. You're ignoring the all-important tasting taste buds if you're bull-drinking wine like most people. \x0d\\\\x0d\\ There is an old honesty in the wine industry: "Buy wine with apples, sell wine with cheese". Apples bring out the flaws in the wine, while cheese has a tendency to soften the smell of the wine, leaving you with a more pleasant tasting experience. \x0d\\\\\x0d\(v) Aftertaste. \x0d\\\\x0d\\ When you have a chance to taste a wine, sit back for a while and savor what you have tasted. Think about what you have just experienced and ask yourself the following questions to help you deepen your impression. Is the wine: \x0d\\\\x0d\⊙light, medium-bodied, or full-bodied? \x0d\\⊙ White wine: how acidic is it? Very little, just right, or too acidic? \x0d\⊙ Red wine: too strong or astringent tannins? Is it pleasant? Or no more tannins? \x0d\⊙ How long does the finish last? \x0d\⊙ Most importantly, do you like the wine? \x0d\⊙ Is the price worth it? \x0d\\\\\x0d\\\ here derives another point. The first thing you do when you taste a wine is whether you like it, is it the wine you want? \x0d\\\\\\\x0d\\\\\\\close to the traditional knowledge of wine tasting. \x0d\\\\\x0d\\Step 1: Wine Temperature Chilled red wine tastes astringent \x0d\\\x0d\traditionally, the temperature at which red wine should be consumed is cool room temperature, between 18 and 21 degrees Celsius, where all vintages of red wine are at their best. A chilled bottle of red wine will have a more pronounced tannic character than red wine at cool room temperature, and will therefore taste more astringent. \x0d\\\x0d\\Step 2: Wake up red wine fully oxidized red wine is fragrant enough \x0d\\x0d\a bottle of wine is usually dusty for many years, just opened when there will be a strange smell, this time it is necessary to "wake up" the wine, in the wine poured into the fine winemaker to stay a little more than ten minutes after the wine's odor to dissipate, the wake up winemaker generally require Let the wine and air contact surface is maximum, red wine fully oxidized, the rich flavor will flow out. \x0d\\\x0d\\Step 3: Observe the wine aged wine rim is brown \x0d\\x0d\x0d\that kind of red color of red wine is enough to tantalize the heart, red wine pouring wine to the wine glass horizontal, wine does not overflow as the basic requirements. In the case of sufficient light will be placed horizontally in the red wine glass on the white paper, watch the edge of the red wine can judge the age of the wine. Layers are mostly new wine, the color is uniform is a bit old, if slightly brown, it is possible to come across a bottle of vintage wine. \x0d\\\\x0d\\Step 4: Drinking wine to let it stay in the mouth for a few more moments \x0d\\\x0d\ in the wine before the entrance, the first deep in the glass to sniff a little bit, at this time have been able to appreciate the aroma of the red wine, and then swallowed a mouthful of red wine to let the red wine in the mouth for a few more moments, the tongue played a couple of rolls, so that the senses to fully experience the red wine, and finally swallowed it all, an ethereal aroma immediately lingers in the middle of it. \x0d\\\x0d\\Step 5: Wine SequenceTaste the new wine first and then taste the old wine \x0d\\x0d\a wine tasting party usually tastes more than two or three red wines, with a view to achieving the effect of contrast. Wine should be drunk according to the principles of new before aged and light before strong. \x0d\\\x0d\\ There are also some tips from people and discussions with people: \x0d\\\x0d\first of all, a good red wine is better when you look at it from the outside, the lighter the color tone, the better. This is the opposite of white wine. There should be no sediment in it. Sediment is usually on the skin of the grapes, which is not good. \x0d\\\\\x0d\\and secondly, when a good red wine is shaken slowly in the glass, there will be a little red wine on the wall of the glass, which is called a hangover. \x0d\\\\x0d\\third, red wine needs to use a special curved cup, slowly shaken in front of the nose, the aroma of wine with the walls of the cup upward, slowly into the nose. This is the time to start tasting red wine. \x0d\\\\x0d\4, after the wine is in the mouth, taste it with the tip of your tongue, a good one is sweet and sour with little bitterness. \x0d\\\\x0d\\5, and then use the tongue to squeeze the wine to the two sides of the mouth, with the two sides of the tongue to taste, this time, the flavor of the wine will be more exposed. \x0d\\\x0d\ after a few tastes, then slowly down the throat. If you drink it the way a student drinks root beer, it's a waste, a sin, a sin! \x0d\\\\\\\x0d\\\\corresponding drinking temperature varies from wine to wine. \x0d\\\\\x0d\ dry white wine 8-10?C\x0d\\\x0d\ semi-dry white wine 8-12?C\x0d\\x0d\ semi-sweet/sweet wine 10-12?C\x0d\\x0d\ dry red wine 16-22?C\x0d\\x0d\ semi-dry red wine 16-18?C\x0d\\x0d\ semi-sweet/sweet Wine 14-16?C\x0d\\\x0d\ Brandy 15?C\x0d\\x0d\ Sparkling wine (i.e. champagne) 10?C\x0d\\x0d\ The above temperatures are for reference only, the temperature of drinking is not the same as the temperature of tasting, e.g. for sweet wines, the temperature may need to be a little bit lower for the sweetness to be tasted; and for Brandy, the temperature of the wine has to be warmed up to room temperature using a hand held glass. The best tasting temperature is the room temperature, which should be used flexibly depending on the situation. \x0d\\\x0d\\bottle of wine in the refrigerator, after 1 hour, the temperature of the wine will drop by 10?C. Generally, as long as the red wine is put into the refrigerator for 1 hour, the temperature of the wine will drop to 20?C or less. If you forget how long you have kept your red wine in the refrigerator, don't worry, just take it out, open it and pour it into a glass, and after 30 minutes or so, the temperature of the red wine will be about 20°C, which is what we call "room temperature". For white wines, 2 hours in the refrigerator or 20 minutes in a bucket of ice water is sufficient.