| As you embark on a wine tasting, you may | | | | gauge whether a wine is light or heavy. Lighter |
| require a variety of things: bottles of wine, a cork | | | | wines are dense and tend to leave thick streaks |
| screw, wine glasses, a wine tasting kit, perhaps | | | | inside the glass when swirled. Heavy wines are |
| even an English accent. While this stuff may be | | | | deeper in color and their odor is more intense. |
| essential, unless you know the hierarchy of the | | | | After you have predicted whether a wine is light |
| wines, they become useless. | | | | or heavy to the best of your ability, put the |
| When it comes to order of wine, it's easy to get | | | | wines in an order where you will consume the |
| ahead of yourself. As bottles line the shelves, the | | | | lighter wines first and the heavier wines second. |
| labels coiled around their bodies like curled fingers | | | | On occasion a defective wine may find its way |
| calling you over, it takes some self discipline to | | | | into your tasting. These wines may smell of |
| not dive in too quickly, no matter how much you | | | | rotten egg or cork and should be tasted last, if at |
| are drooling. Patience, when it comes to tasting | | | | all. |
| wine, is more than a virtue: it's the law. | | | | Once the lighter wines are separated from the |
| Proper wine tasting demands that wine be | | | | heavier wines, the order of the wine gets a little |
| consumed in a specific order. Drinking incorrectly | | | | more complex. Sparkling wines, such as |
| won't only change the way wine tastes, but it will | | | | champagne, have the honor of being in the front: |
| change your perception of it: if consumed in the | | | | they are the wines that have called shotgun. |
| wrong order, you may unfairly judge a wine, | | | | Next, light whites wines, such as Albariño, |
| spitting out your drink and cursing the bottle | | | | should be consumed. These are followed by |
| because its taste is altered. When a wine is tasted | | | | heavier whites. A full bodied Chardonnay fits into |
| in the wrong order, it doesn't stand a chance; its | | | | this category. |
| taste and reputation become inferior: it practically | | | | After whites have all been tasted, it's time to |
| becomes light beer. | | | | switch colors. The change is gradual at first as |
| Wines that are heavy and full bodied can | | | | rose wine comes to the table. These wines are |
| overpower the lighter wines, leaving the lighter | | | | pink in color and may be known as "blush," |
| wines to taste differently than they really do. For | | | | "Rosado", or "Rosata." Light reds , such as a |
| this reason, lighter wines should be tasted first. | | | | Bardolino, and heavy reds, such as a Cabernet |
| However, this can be tricky when you don't know | | | | Sauvignon, respectively follow. |
| what a wine tastes like. It's hard to know which | | | | Once you've got the order of your wines down, |
| ones are light and which ones are heavy: a scale | | | | the rest of the wine tasting process is simple. You |
| is of no help and if you simply ask the wines | | | | just need to get a few bottles of wine, a cork |
| about their mass, they will probably just lie about | | | | screw, wine glasses, and a wine tasting kit. Some |
| their weight. This is when the other senses must | | | | wine tasting kits may even include all the |
| step in. | | | | aforementioned supplies. But, even for these kits, |
| Using the senses of sight, smell, and - if you're | | | | English accents are sold separately. |
| lucky enough to have it - ESP, you can usually | | | | |