How to taste wine without being a wine taster

All those who enjoy wine and feel a weakness for exquisite flavors are unconsciously wine testers, the senses used to try the wine are: sight, smell and taste, and these senses are not exclusive of a taster or a sommelier. Although, to be an expert wine taster takes many years of experience and knowledge that comes only with education, but to have a basic knowledge of wine tasting can be reached with interest and experience in wine consumption.

As I said earlier, the basics of wine tasting is a good use of the 3 senses (sight, smell and taste). Starting there, we can achieve a successful wine tasting.

Always hold the glass by the stem and put it to eye level, so we can see the color, brightness and cleanliness of the wine. By moving the glass you can see “the tears” or “legs” liquid drops of the accumulated liquid will flow back down into the wine, forming arcs or arches and leaving streaks, often considered a indicator of alcoholic strength.

The smell also plays a key role in the tasting, the nose slightly entering in to the cup so we can perceive the aromas called primary, secondary and tertiary respectively, slightly shaking the cup to extend these aromas.

And perhaps the most fundamental point of tasting wine is the wine tasting, a sip, moving the wine throughout our mouth without letting any air in. The flavor and body is one of the most important feelings at trying wines.
Describing wine tasting may sound so easy, but without proper instructions it would be useless and following these steps before appointed and experience is very important, time can be our ally so when you drink wine consider these details try them with wines of similar characteristics, it helps to have points of comparison between one wine and another.

It also helps to get information on the subject by various ways, as well as knowing the basic characteristics of wine testing; this will give us a starting point for wine tasting. To do so as an amateur and for self-satisfaction can be a good start at the fascinating world of wine. Would you join in?