Second, look at the year and answer your third question by the way. The longer the good wine, the better, but there is a limit (about forty or fifty years). Some wines will go bad after being put away because of their poor quality. In addition, the most important thing about wine is the year. The weather is different every year, the grapes produced are different, and the wine brewed is definitely different. The year must be combined with the origin. For example, 1986, 1990 and 2003 are the best wines in Bordeaux, while 1975 is very poor in Burgundy.
Third, a large number of foreign wines entered China. The price of a bottle of French wine is not much different from that of domestic wine, mostly between 50-200 yuan.
AQSIQ reminds consumers to pay attention to the following points when buying wine:
1, the choice of the place of purchase. Generally speaking, specialty stores, shopping malls and supermarket counters are safer places. But no matter where you are, you must pay great attention to the display environment of the wine in the store. If you are exposed to strong light or direct sunlight, then this wine is likely to have gone bad before it is opened.
2. Brand selection. First of all, we should choose well-known enterprises and brands. Generally speaking, the wine quality of famous brands is better.
3. Look at the packaging. In order to prevent the photochemical reaction of wine, most wines are packed in green glass bottles. Therefore, when purchasing, we should pay attention to the color of the bottle label and the content of sugar, acid and alcohol, and make clear the variety of wine. Generally, the main color of the bottle label of white wine is golden yellow, while red wine is mostly red. Alcohol below 9 degrees is usually the staple food and common wine. In addition, wine has no shelf life, and the quality standard allows proper precipitation. The key is to seal the bottle mouth to prevent alcohol from volatilizing, so as to keep the flavor unchanged.
4. Read the wine label. Reading wine labels is the most direct way to know the background information and characteristics of each bottle of wine before buying. The wine label is the identity card of the wine. According to the relevant national regulations, the bottle label must indicate the product name, ingredient list, net content, pure fruit juice content, alcohol content, sugar content, factory name, address, production date, shelf life, product standard code and so on. If the label is incomplete or does not indicate the factory date, factory name and address, it is a fake and shoddy product. If you drink good wine, you should buy products that implement national standards, and products that implement enterprise standards should be carefully selected. As for the production date of wine, many people think that the longer the better, but not every bottle of wine can be collected. Most wines have a life span of only five years, and then they lose their essence, just like beauty is fading away. Therefore, wine also needs to be drunk at the right time to taste its peak flavor. Even those wines that can be collected should know how to collect them at the right humidity and temperature. Most consumers buy dry red wine for drinking, so they should choose wine with shorter filling date when buying, which is fresher.
5. appearance. Visual observation helps to know the quality of each bottle of wine before buying. Hold the bottle high to the light source and observe its color from the appearance. Dry red wine should be clear and transparent (dark wine can be opaque), shiny, its color should be consistent with the name of the wine, and its color is natural and pleasing to the eye; The poor quality wine is either dull in color or bright in color with obvious artificial color. It is normal to have a small amount of sediment in bottled dry red wine. Sediments are some pigments and some compounds, which have no effect on the flavor and taste of wine. However, if the wine is cloudy and dull, it is inferior.
6. Aroma. Wine is a fermented product, and its aroma should be fruity. After fermentation and aging, it should be balanced, coordinated, integrated, elegant and pleasant, while inferior wine does not have the above characteristics, or has a prominent and violent fruity aroma (with essence), or a prominent alcohol aroma, or has other peculiar smells.
7. Taste. Any good wine should be comfortable and pleasant in taste, delicate and soft in aroma, mellow and complete, distinct in layers and long in aftertaste; And the poor quality wine, or have a peculiar smell, or special fragrance, or thin body without layering, or no aftertaste.
In addition, we should choose the type of wine from our own hobbies. As far as price is concerned, the higher the price, the higher the quality. But high-quality wine is not necessarily the best wine. Besides the quality of wine, the most important thing is whether it suits you best. Everyone has everyone's taste, and a bottle of wine that everyone appreciates may not be suitable for you. No wine can match every occasion and mood. Sometimes, even if it is a bottle of wine for more than ten dollars, you will find it very suitable to take it to the seaside or have a picnic. If you bring a bottle of good wine of several hundred yuan, you will feel heartache while drinking it. Why bother?
In addition, many people think that imported wine is the best wine. In fact, superstition of foreign wine is the biggest misunderstanding. First of all, there are many fake and shoddy wines. Some unscrupulous manufacturers transport inferior wines from abroad to China, and then repackage them in China, label them abroad and sell them in the market. Secondly, the price is high. The price of a bottle of foreign wine ranges from 70 to 80 yuan to more than 100 thousand yuan. Be careful when buying without knowing its contents. Besides, it tastes different. The wine produced for westerners tastes dry, which has a certain gap with our traditional eating habits. How can you enjoy wine tasting if it doesn't suit your taste?