I had a recent conversation with another wine lover who complained that whenever their mother came over for a glass of wine she would down it like ice water. And, they noted, they had been serving their mother “really good bottles of wine.” So, they...
Well, first let me start by saying you can never have too much wine, right? While that may be true, you can actually have too much wine in your glass. Pouring the ‘right’ amount of wine into a wine glass can actually enhance your enjoyment of the wi...
Recently, I posted a piece discussing how fermentation and aging affect a wine’s aroma. But, it was brought to my attention that the terms aroma and bouquet are different when it comes to wines. So, here’s a quick summary of each: Aroma - Each grap...
In a recent blog, I asked “What do you smell when you smell wine?” In wines, especially the red wines, there are a multitude of aromas that can be detected, with a little practice. And, these aromas play an important part in how the wine tastes. I w...
Wine is often described as having aromas of fruits, flowers and spices. But, what do you smell when you smell wine? The most common response from those just starting to like wine is “It smells like wine.” Well, that’s a good start. But, there’s so...
Have you ever noticed that wines can taste really good at a restaurant, wine bar or especially at a winery? It’s the whole experience, not just the aromas and flavors, that affect our sense of taste. As I’ve discovered, a $15 bottle of wine, when se...
During a recent wine tasting, one opinion given of the wine was that it was sweet. My reaction was that it wasn’t sweet at all. So, how can a wine seem sweet and not sweet at the same time? Well, as you’d expect, everyone’s perception of taste is di...
While our tongue is only able to detect five basic tastes, our nose is capable of detecting millions of different aromas. When wine tasting, one of the Five S’s is smell. You stick your nose into the wine glass and take a sniff. You can get a very ...
Last time we took a quick run through how wine is made. And you may have noticed that there are only two ingredients in wine: grapes and yeast. Yet, white wines can be described as having flavors that include lemon, lime, grapefruit, apple, peach, p...
Ever wonder why people swirl their glass of wine? Is this just something that wine snobs do? Or is it a kind of nervous habit? Are they doing it so they can examine the ‘legs’ of the wine? Or, are they doing it just to look cool? What’s the point?...