It is not easy to become a wine expert. On the one hand, you have to endure all kinds of misleading by those pseudo-experts, on the other hand, you have to identify other people's tests. Fortunately, by summarizing the previous wine practice experience, we summed up the 9-step crash method of this wine expert. As long as you follow the following nine steps, you will become a veritable wine expert in the near future, provided that you have good study habits and serious study attitude.
1. Open your taste buds. People's taste buds can cultivate feelings for wine. To become a senior wine expert, you have to start by tasting the most common wine. Start with your favorite wine, whether it's a sweet pink wine like Zinfandai or a dry red wine like French Cabernet Franc, just make sure that every time you drink wine, it will reverberate in your mouth instead of gulping it down. Once you are familiar with the flavor of these wines, you can slowly distinguish the subtle differences between them. If you combine some tips to teach you how to open your taste buds, I believe you will have a more comprehensive understanding of wine soon. Of course, it is also necessary to attend some wine tasting. 2. Taste "Hehe" wine. Now you have officially entered the world of wine. Maybe you have tasted Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and even Gray Pi Nuo. Then, you need to try some different styles of wine. Let's call it "Hehe" bar. Typical "Hehe" wines usually come from areas you are not familiar with, such as Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand. When you open this bottle of wine, some pungent plant smells will definitely subvert the sweet and fresh impression of Sauvignon Blanc in your heart. But please note that "Hehe" wine may not be perfect, but it must be unique!
3. Looking for new styles of wine When you find that you are not interested in trying new wines, you should have entered a stable period of wine experience. Because in your crazy search for "Hehe" wine, you have mastered a lot of wine-related knowledge, and at this time you are also the most tired, because you are always comparing the image and taste of the wine in your mouth with that in your imagination. Therefore, for wine novices, this stage is very boring, and even makes you feel numb to wine. Therefore, at this stage, you should look for some new styles of wine, and in addition, you should pay more attention to the subtle differences between wines of different years. 4. Sit down and read. There are all kinds of books related to wine knowledge in the bookstore, from detailed introduction of brewing technology to some fast food books covered with photos. If you want to be a wine expert, you need to find a wine book that introduces wine brewing, producing area, wine name and other information in detail. This book should not only cover the information of important wine producing areas, but also include some related background knowledge. Just like hugh johnson and Jesse Robinson's World Wine Map, it is well worth reading for beginners.
World wine map
5. The common grape varieties for tasting "Dajiu" and "Dajiu" are Syrah, malbec, Little Syrah, Harmony White, domestic Tourega, Cabernet Sauvignon and Vito. With the continuous accumulation of wine knowledge, your understanding of wine will become more and more profound. In the process of searching for "Hehe" wine, it is inevitable to encounter some "big wines" with heavier body and stronger tannins. When you taste this "big wine", their strong taste will often leave a deep impact on you. Robert parker likes this wine very much and often gives it high marks. 6. Start tasting complicated wine. For most people, "big wine" has infinite charm, and you will also find that those wines that people like are often these "big wines". However, even if you are obsessed with "big wine" to the point where you can't put it down, if you are determined to become a wine expert, you must taste some complicated and elegant wines. The complexity of wine is somewhat abstract, because its complexity has nothing to do with the specific characteristics or flavor of wine. A complex wine should satisfy: 1) at least two fruit flavors; 2) At least three flavors such as cinnamon, rose, pencil lead and spice; 3) The taste and flavor of wine have been changing from entrance to swallowing.
7. Turn to delicate and elegant wine. Even beautiful things, too much contact will inevitably lead to aesthetic fatigue. Therefore, people who spend too much time on "big wine" and complicated wine often have aesthetic fatigue on wine. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, it is necessary for you to turn to some exquisite and elegant wines. But for wine beginners, due to lack of experience, it is difficult for them to distinguish the subtle differences between wines like wine experts and enjoy the elegance of wine. But you don't have to be discouraged, because you have enough time to slowly ponder the charm. In addition, the most elegant and meticulous wines in the world usually come from some cold regions and low-temperature years. 8. Rediscover sparkling wine and sweet wine. When you get to this point, you will suddenly find that you seem to have returned to the original starting point and started to taste sweet pink or sparkling wine. However, because you have tasted a lot of wine, you have more wine expertise. So your feeling and experience of sweet powder will definitely be very different from before, and you will even start to collect some vintage Potter. Of course, at this time, you will also find that there are so many styles of sparkling wine that you can match almost any food.
Sparkling wine and iced wine from Canada
9. Become a wine expert. At this point, you can declare success! Now you can confidently choose wine from the long wine list, even if you don't know the name of the wine, because blind tasting will often make you more excited, and you can get to know this wine again from the grape varieties and producing areas. Of course, it is a piece of cake for you to match wine with the table. It is impossible to become a wine expert overnight, but it is not unattainable. Maybe after the above nine steps, a miracle will happen and a wine expert will be born. Remarks: The "Hehe" wine here does not refer to a certain wine or a certain wine brand, but only refers to those wines that can surprise you and break your habitual thinking.