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 General
advice on selecting wine:
There is a quite unimaginable variety of wine in France so be choosy!
Try to know your own palette – do you like dry or sweet wines, sparkling
wines, red or white, fruity or full bodied etc.. If you’re not
sure, taste a variety to help you decide.
Try to distinguish between what you are tasting – this will help you to
understand the types of wine you like.
If you know, for instance, that you like a Bordeaux red or an Alsace white,
this maximises your chances of going quickly to wines that will suit your
palette.
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Tasting
wine:
1. Start with a fresh palette. You need to taste subtle nuances to get the best
sense of the wine.
2.
Before you taste the wine, swirl it around the glass to warm it up slightly
and to release its aroma. Put the glass to your nose and smell the
bouquet. Try to sense the different aromas such as fruits, spices….
3.
Take a mouthful of wine and swirl it around in your mouth. Then swallow
the wine and immediately say “tut tut tut” whilst drawing breath. This
circulates air over the wine and maximises the sensory perception.
4. When tasting several wines start with dry wines and then
sweet ones, and from white to reds.
5. Don’t be embarrassed to pour away what is left in
your glass once you are satisfied that you can judge if you want to buy some!
Usually there is a receptacle for disposing of unwanted wine.
In some vineyards we have been to this is replaced by a pebble floor
through which waste wine will seep away.
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