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Wine Tasting


Wine tasting is the art of evaluating wines.
When wine tasting you utilize the sensory of sight
smell and taste. Wine tasters evaluate the look of
the wine in the glass, the fragrance of the wine
and the taste of the wine.

There is also the “finish” of the wine or the after-
taste.

Wine tasters when tasting wines are served wines
without knowing what color the wine is nor do
they know who the maker is and the origin of the
wine. This is called “Blind Tasting.”

When wine tasters are trying to determine the
similarities and differences they do what is called
“Vertical” and “Horizontal” tasting. Vertical are
the differences in same wine types but different
vintages. Horizontal tasting is wines from the same vintage but different wineries.

The serving temperature for a tasting of wine should be between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
Keeping this temperature helps with tasting the wines’ flavors. When wine tasting the order of the
tasting should be with the sparkling wines, the light wines, and then the heavy whites and heavy reds.
Heavy wines have a deep color to them while the sweeter wines are thick and generally leave streaks
called “legs” on the side of the glass when it is swirled.

The art of wine tasting is as follows; color, swirl, smell, taste and savor. A wine taster must look for
clarity and to do this it is easiest to put the wine against a white background. The wine taster is
looking at the components of the wine to determine whether the wine is balanced. Another thing a
taster looks for is the quality of the wine or the clarity of the flavor.

Wine tasters can taste several wines at one tasting. This being the case, the tasters do not actually
drink the wines since they are alcohol. When tasting the wines the taster holds the wine in his mouth
to get the flavor in his taste buds then wine tasters generally spit out the wine after testing. There are
several wineries throughout the world where one can visit and taste different wines some wineries will
charge a small fee to cover the cost of the tours.

The most popular wine tasting tours take place in California. There are more than 20 wineries to be
found around California. If you are interested in exploring wineries this is the place to do it. Here you
will find the temperature is right to grow great products to go into wine. Napa Valley is the best known
wine maker in the United States. Millions of people go there each year to take such a tour of the
facilities.

If you are looking for more diversity though check
out Sonoma in California. You will fill like you are
stepping back in time when you show up for your
wine tasting tours. Many of the buildings are
elegant and historical in nature. They have been
captured in various films as well.

There are more varieties of wine to be found in
Sonoma than any other locations in the world.
Many people like to go to Buena Vista to see the
oldest winery in the United States. It has been in
Somona since 1857. You will love the scenery to
be found all around Somona. If you have several
days for wine tasting tours you can certainly take
in a great number of them.
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