How to sober up with red wine? Generally speaking, there should be 15 minutes to 3 hours after the wine is opened, and the aroma and taste of the wine will change differently. After sobering up, pour 3 cups 1 or half a cup. Look at the color, drink red wine first, and look at its color change. Ruby-like crystal is the top grade. Appreciate its color change through light. It is not the top grade if it is too deep or too dark, especially if it is impervious to impurities. Shake, also known as "accelerating sober-up", aims to accelerate the oxygen entering the wine and release the sleeping fragrance of the red wine. Smell the fragrance. When oxygen enters red wine, it produces a fragrance with alcohol, so you can smell the fragrance, and the fragrance will change with time. After tasting and drinking wine, you should feel the taste with your taste buds at the first bite, let the taste fill around your mouth and swallow it slowly. You will feel four important flavors: sweet, sour, astringent and aftertaste. Good wine can last 15-20 seconds. It is customary for people to deeply smell the red wine in the glass before drinking it, but those who really understand wine will definitely smell the wine stopper after tasting it. Step 1: The red wine tastes astringent after being chilled. Traditionally, the temperature of drinking red wine is cool room temperature, 18 to 2 1 Celsius. At this temperature, all kinds of red wine are at their best. A bottle of chilled red wine has more obvious tannins than red wine at room temperature, so it tastes very astringent. Step 2: A bottle of good wine is generally dusty for many years. It smells when it is first opened. At this time, the wine will be "awakened". After pouring the wine into a beautiful decanter, the smell of the wine will dissipate. Decanters usually require that the contact surface between wine and air be maximized. After red wine is fully oxidized, its rich aroma will be revealed. Step 3: Watch the wine. The edge of aged wine is brown. The red color of red wine is enough to make people excited. When pouring red wine, the basic requirement is that the glass is placed horizontally and the wine does not overflow. In the case of sufficient light, put the red wine glass horizontally on the white paper, and you can judge the year of the wine by observing the edge of the red wine. The layers are mostly new wines, and the colors are a little old. If they are slightly brown, they may encounter a bottle of old wine. Step 4: Let it stay in your mouth for a short time before drinking. First, take a deep sniff in the cup. At this time, you can experience the delicate fragrance of red wine, then swallow a mouthful of red wine, let the red wine stay in your mouth for a minute, roll it on your tongue twice, and let your senses fully experience the red wine. Finally, I swallowed it all, and a faint fragrance suddenly lingered among them. Step 5: wine sequence: first taste new wine, then taste old wine. In order to achieve a comparative effect, wine tasting will generally taste more than two or three pieces of red wine. When drinking, we should follow the principle of new before old, light before strong. Bottled red wine is often described as a small life, because the quality of red wine will change with time, just like a baby growing up, and the longer it is stored, the better it will taste, but this metaphor does not apply to all red wines. Eric pointed out that every red wine has its own peak period, which means that the quality of wine at this time can reach the peak and the taste is first-class; If we miss this peak period, the taste and quality of red wine will gradually decline. The peak period of red wine is different in different countries and different production years. How to tell when they reach the peak depends on the experience of drinking red wine. If people still have some time to drink after buying red wine, they should take good care of these unopened red wines, otherwise it may destroy the original flavor of red wine. I believe everyone knows that red wine is not suitable for storage in an environment with great changes in temperature and humidity, but it is not allowed to shake and shake red wine at the same time. The most suitable environment should be room temperature below 20 degrees Celsius, humidity 70%~80%, dark and odorless, because the taste of the environment is likely to penetrate into red wine. Open a bottle of red wine for five minutes and finally it's time for real wine tasting! The process of preparing red wine can be described as meticulous, so the processing steps after opening a bottle of red wine should not be missed. To taste the real taste of red wine, a wine glass is essential, because improper use of the wine glass will distort the taste and taste of red wine. The commonly used red wine glasses are all big mouths and big cups, which is really to facilitate the red wine to contact with the air after being injected into the cup. The essence of red wine is special. The ingredients in wine should be in full contact with air (commonly known as "shaking gas") to achieve oxidation effect, and the aroma, taste and taste of red wine can be completely released. Eric means that ordinary red wine only needs to wait 15~20 minutes after opening, and some red wines need to be put on 1~2 hours. However, Eric pointed out that because everyone has different tastes, he taught his friends who have tasted wine to carefully taste red wine every five minutes until they feel comfortable and taste moderate, which is the best effect. Red wine should be stored in an ice bucket at 12~ 15℃ after opening, so as to maintain the special taste and quality of red wine. In addition to the above skills, remember that the maximum amount of wine injected into a glass at a time can only be 30% to 40%, otherwise it will affect the volatilization effect of red wine. Drinking different red wine on different occasions has high and low prices. Whether it is a beginner or a friend who already knows something about red wine, knowing how to choose the right red wine in different occasions can not only taste red wine better, but also avoid wasting good red wine. Eric reminded guests that four things should be considered when buying red wine: money budget. The price range of a high-quality red wine can be very wide, ranging from 100 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan. However, after locking your own money budget, it is convenient to choose the ideal red wine and avoid spending too much. In drinking occasions, red wine is very popular in weddings, parties and other occasions except for meals on weekdays, but in different places and environments, the weight consumed is quite different. If you drink a lot of red wine at the party, the price of the selected red wine can be cheaper, and the types of wine can be more popular to avoid waste. After considering the above two factors comprehensively, you can choose your favorite red wine according to the conditions. Remember last week when I told you about different kinds of grapes and "old and new world" red wine? Many times, the price of "old world" red wine (France and Italy) is more expensive, but the quality of "new world" red wine is also guaranteed. Chilean red wine is one of the more popular "new world" red wines. As for the types of grapes, red wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are easy to find in the market. But you can pay attention to whether red wine is made from a single grape or two or three kinds of grapes, because the taste and price of red wine are very different. In fact, the vintage of red wine has a great influence on the "old world" red wine, so after choosing French or Italian red wine, it is necessary to choose a "good vintage" appropriately, and the taste must be different. The sommelier teaches professionally, and there are sommeliers in ordinary high-end hotels. Their duty is to use their professional knowledge to teach guests how to choose different red wine to match different foods, and give them suggestions on how to drink red wine to make the best use of it. Don't think that you can enjoy this kind of high-quality professional service only in high-end hotels. Now some professional sommeliers have set up Red Hotel to teach the general public the most professional knowledge about red wine. For example, Eric, who studied hotel catering in Switzerland and used to be a sommelier in high-end hotels, has jumped out of the hotel and started a restaurant and wine company himself. With his specialty and accumulated experience for many years, he shared his knowledge and valuable experience about red wine with the guests and promoted the catering culture. Moreover, his table wine company advocates the introduction of unique red wine from all over the world, which is often a rare wine in the market. The quality of wine is high and the price is popular. Four processes of sighing red wine: If red wine can be combined with food, it can give full play to the taste of red wine. Light red wine can be enjoyed with light dishes; On the contrary, fruity red wine is most suitable for eating with rich-flavored dishes, so the collocation of red wine and red meat is not a rule. The requirements and satisfaction with the quality of red wine vary from person to person, but from a professional and objective point of view, Eric said that red wine is like a dish, and we should pay attention to whether its "color, aroma and taste" are complete. A glass of high-quality red wine should have a comfortable taste at the entrance. You can taste the sweetness, sourness, fruitiness and fruitiness of red wine, but not the bitterness. If you already feel a strong sour taste at the entrance, it is likely that the red wine has not reached the appropriate drinking period or has gone bad. After pouring red wine into the glass, you can tilt the glass 45 degrees under the light and observe its color tone. You see, Eric said that high-quality red wine should be shiny, transparent and attractive; If the color is dark and turbid, it means that the quality of this red wine is not high. If you smell red wine made from high-quality grapes, you should be able to smell the fruity aroma of grapes when you taste red wine. You can imagine whether red wine is made from black or red fruit, and you will feel its depth and complexity, because often red wine is made from more than one kind of grapes. You should shake the red wine with a goblet, so as to ensure that when you want to slowly "shake" the wine in the glass, it will show its characteristics, just like the soup cooked in a stirring pot, and make it smell delicious. Color and fragrance are both sensory feelings, and the texture, taste and level of red wine can only be felt by real entrance; When high-quality red wine stays in your mouth, it should feel smooth, slowly feel its mellow, and then the taste will be enriched; The smell of wine will make you feel aftertaste, and it will linger in your mouth for a long time. In fact, we should know that distinguishing the quality of red wine depends entirely on personal experience and feelings, sharing experiences with friends and then agreeing with each other. This is a very important learning process. These are all the experiences that Eric has accumulated over the years. I hope these suggestions can help you choose and taste red wine in the future. Look at the color first: start with the eyes. The appearance of wine is an important symbol of its health, quality characteristics and brewing degree. Gently pull out the cork and be careful not to shake the bottle. Pour a small amount of red wine into a cool and transparent tulip glass until it is about 5 cm away from the foot of the glass. Hold the foot or bottom of the glass, tilt it at 45 degrees, and observe the appearance and color of the wine on a white background-white cloth or white paper. Smell its fragrance again: hold the bottom of the glass tightly, shake the glass and let the wine rotate, thus releasing its various fragrances. Then stick your nose into the cup and smell it simply, not too deep, because the taste is easy to passivate. Is it pure fruit or unnatural coarse taste? Remember, the smell of wine, like color, can reflect the maturity of grape varieties and wine itself. This new wine will release the special flavor of grapes used in the brewing process. "Exogenous aroma" traditionally refers to the smell we smell from light and smooth wine. And "mellow" is usually used to brew wine. After tasting: take a deep breath of wine and inhale the air above. Let the wine swirl in the mouth, make it reach all parts of the mouth, and let the tongue fully taste three main flavors: the sweetness of the tip of the tongue, the sourness on both sides and the bitterness at the base of the tongue.