Red wine is a kind of wine, which includes red wine, white wine and pink wine. Red wine can be subdivided into dry red wine, semi-dry red wine, semi-sweet red wine and sweet red wine, while white wine can be subdivided into dry white wine, semi-dry white wine, semi-sweet white wine and sweet white wine. Pink wine is also called peach wine and rose wine.
How to drink red wine is correct? Mainly the following steps:
1, wine temperature
Every kind of red wine has its ideal drinking temperature, and the drinking temperature of red wine is 18 to 24. Red wine must be drunk at the temperature that can best reflect its value, because the temperature when drinking red wine has a great influence on the aroma and taste. Too low temperature will suppress the fragrance and aggravate the acidity and astringency. If the temperature is too high, the wine will lose its freshness, and there is a danger of producing improper aroma compounds.
2. sober up
This is an important step in drinking red wine. Pour the red wine into the decanter and let it stand for a period of time, so that the red wine can fully contact with the air, give full play to the aroma of the wine and separate the sediments in the wine.
Step 3: pour wine
When pouring wine, let it pour out gently, and never shake it. There will inevitably be some impurities in red wine. If you pour the wine while shaking or the action is too big, you will pour these impurities into the red wine glass together, and then taste it, and the taste will become worse and less smooth. Therefore, when pouring the wine, it must be very light. Don't pour too much wine during the process of pouring the wine. Generally, it is enough at the position of red wine glass 1/3.
4, red wine glass grip
There are many ways to hold a red wine glass, and there are two common ways to hold it:
1, thumb and forefinger hold the base, and the other three fingers and a half hold the lower part of the base in a fist shape, which is more suitable for occasions with few people and less walking.
2, the thumb and forefinger hold the bottom of the cup handle, and the other three fingers hold the lower part of the base in a fist shape, which is suitable for most occasions.
5. Shake the cup
In fact, in many places, people will shake glasses when they see others drinking red wine. The main function of shaking glasses is
1, you can just make the aroma of wine better. Shake the glass and let the red wine come into contact with the air, and the complex aroma contained in the wine will be emitted into the air and become fragrant.
2, it can sober up, which will make the wine more flavorful. The process of shaking the glass is to increase its contact with the air and make the red wine "wake up" faster.
3. We can observe the phenomenon of hanging glass of wine, which is mainly to see the quality of wine. When wine passes through the glass wall, it will generally leave a wine mark, which is customarily called "hanging glass". Generally speaking, wines without or without obvious hanging glass marks are often wines with low body, in the final analysis, the blending ingredients are high and the grape juice content is not high. However, the wine with the mark of hanging glass for a long time shows that it is basically produced by grape juice, which has been stored in oak barrels for a long time and has a long age.
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