1. How to taste natural dry red wine?

Red wine is the soul of wine, ethereal in life, making the soul blend; She is alive, the gift from heaven and earth, the brilliance of the sun and the moon; She is like a virgin with a soft veil, delicate and fresh, with the right color.

When tasting red wine, be careful. Wine is not expensive, but appropriate; Not much to drink, but more to taste. "Expensive" wine may not be "delicious" for you. There is no progress in "drinking too much" and "not seeking solutions" We should not only taste wine with "taste buds", but also record our feelings with brain analysis.

"Body" is an important content of dry red wine. The so-called "body" means that when drinking, you can feel the "heavy feeling" brought by substances other than alcohol and sugar. This feeling makes you feel "full" of wine in your mouth. "Body" can be divided into three types: full and heavy, moderate and light, light and refreshing. Usually the plump and heavy alcohol content exceeds 13%. The alcohol content of medium-intensity wine is between 12%- 13%, and the wine below 12% belongs to faint scent type.

Secondly, the problem of "taste". Some people like wine with a strong throat, while others like wine with a smooth throat. Good wine has a pure taste, a balanced sweet and sour taste, an orderly taste and a faint fruity aroma. Aging wine in oak barrels for a long time will provide moderate oxidation to wine, soften tannins and ketones, make the structure of wine stable and natural, and integrate the fragrance of barrel into wine, so that wine is endowed with the fragrance of cream, vanilla, toast, roasted almonds and so on.

Of course, dry red wine is mellow, charming, ruby-colored, fragrant, swaying and fragrant.

2, the storage method of wine

● If you put a bottle of red wine in a sunny place, it may be reimbursed in a day or two or even less.

● Red wine is more afraid of heat than cold. Should be in 13? C at constant temperature, too hot will make the wine mature prematurely.

● Shock is very harmful to wine, disrupting the molecular structure of wine and affecting its aroma. So, it's best to let the wine you just bought have a rest.

● In addition to avoiding light and cold, the place where wine is hidden should also be ventilated to keep the room free of odor and prevent the odor from soaking into the wine.

● The wine must be flat to ensure that the cork is always wet, so as to avoid drying and letting air in.

3. How to choose dry red wine

● The first thing to look at is whether the wine produced in the vineyard.

● Secondly, it depends on whether the manufacturers are well-known, because there are many red wine brands, many of which do not have their own brewing bases, but are filled or blended.

● Pay attention to the vintage of the wine. Only in good years can there be good grapes.

Pay attention to the height of the wine in the bottle when buying wine. /kloc-wine within 0/0 years should have a "neck bending" height. If the "water level" of wine is too low, it may indicate that it is not well stored.

4. The health function value of wine.

As long as you don't drink too much, medicine has proved that wine is good for your health. Drinking red wine can produce a yeast called PST-P, which can prevent migraine, but importantly, it can promote more HDL in the blood and lower cholesterol. Moreover, both red wine and white wine are beneficial to the digestion of the stomach.

Simple drinking knowledge can make you indulge in the mellow world of wine.

● Drinking temperature

Liquor should be refrigerated at 7℃- 10℃ first (it can be put in the refrigerator 1-2 hours) and can be drunk after opening the bottle.

Red wine can best reflect its flavor when it is drunk at room temperature of 15℃- 18℃. If you can open the cork half an hour before drinking, the wine will come into contact with the air and the fragrance will be more fragrant and lasting. ?

● Wine glasses

The most basic equipment for wine tasting is a goblet, which can be used to identify the color of wine, avoid the hand temperature from being transferred to the wine, and also facilitate shaking the goblet to sober up, so that the wine can emit aroma and show the characteristics of the wine.

Low storage mode

Winter: stored in a dark and ventilated place.

Summer: You can wrap it in newspaper and put it at the bottom of the refrigerator.

● Wine opening steps

1. Cut the aluminum foil package at the bottle mouth with a blade.

2. Pull out the cork with a cork screwdriver.

3. Wipe the bottle mouth with mouth cloth.

4. Smell the cork gently. If you smell sulfur, sour taste and earthy smell, it means that the wine has deteriorated and been damaged. If the cork emits floral, fruity, lettuce or other fragrance, the wine quality is normal.

Trilogy of low-alcohol tasting.

The first step: observation: pour the wine into the instep, hold the glass and observe the wine at the light source.

Step 2, smell the fragrance: gently shake the glass to release the fragrance slowly, hold the glass in front of your nose and smell its fragrance.

The third step, tasting: take a sip of wine, which is contained in the rounded part of the mouth and chin, and slowly swallow it, so that the throat can judge the strength of the wine and the tongue can feel its fragrance and sweetness.

● Accompanying meals

Red wine is suitable for cattle and sheep, mutton, duck, squid or heavily flavored dishes; Can also be used with Taiwan Province braised or sweet and sour fish and white wine to discuss with pork, chicken, seafood or lightly seasoned dishes; When eating hamburgers or frying seafood and vegetables, it has a special taste with white wine.

● Storage method of remaining wine.

Dry wine should be stuffed with cork and put upright in the refrigerator. The air in the bottle can be pumped out by a vacuum bottle extractor first, and then it can be stored upright in the refrigerator. (Can keep the taste for a long time)

Red wine is like a "little life"

Bottled red wine is often described as a small life, because the quality of red wine will change with time, just like a baby growing up, and the longer it is stored, the better it will taste, but this metaphor does not apply to all red wines.

Eric pointed out that every red wine has its own peak period, which means that the quality of wine at this time can reach the peak and the taste is first-class; If we miss this peak period, the taste and quality of red wine will gradually decline. The peak period of red wine is different in different countries and different production years. How to tell when they reach the peak depends on the experience of drinking red wine.

If people still have some time to drink after buying red wine, they should take good care of these unopened red wines, otherwise it may destroy the original flavor of red wine. I believe everyone knows that red wine is not suitable for storage in an environment with great changes in temperature and humidity, but it is not allowed to shake and shake red wine at the same time. The most suitable environment should be room temperature below 20 degrees Celsius, humidity 70%~80%, dark and odorless, because the taste of the environment is likely to penetrate into red wine.

Open a bottle of red wine for five minutes.

It's finally time to really taste the wine! The process of preparing red wine can be described as meticulous, so the processing steps after opening a bottle of red wine should not be missed. To taste the real taste of red wine, a wine glass is essential, because improper use of the wine glass will distort the taste and taste of red wine. The commonly used red wine glasses are all big mouths and big cups, which is really to facilitate the red wine to contact with the air after being injected into the cup. The essence of red wine is special. The ingredients in wine should be in full contact with air (commonly known as "shaking gas") to achieve oxidation effect, and the aroma, taste and taste of red wine can be completely released.

Eric means that ordinary red wine only needs to wait 15~20 minutes after opening, and some red wines need to be put on 1~2 hours. However, Eric pointed out that because everyone has different tastes, he taught his friends who have tasted wine to taste red wine carefully every five minutes until they feel comfortable and have a moderate taste. This is the best effect. Red wine should be stored in an ice bucket at 12~ 15℃ after opening, so as to maintain the special taste and quality of red wine. In addition to the above skills, remember that the maximum amount of wine injected into a glass at a time can only be 30% to 40%, otherwise it will affect the volatilization effect of red wine. Drink different red wine on different occasions.

The value of red wine is high or low. Whether it is a beginner or a friend who already knows something about red wine, knowing how to choose the right red wine in different occasions can not only taste red wine better, but also avoid wasting good red wine. Eric reminds guests that there are four things to consider when buying red wine:

Money budget The price range of a high-quality red wine can be very wide, ranging from 100 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan. However, after locking your own money budget, it is convenient to choose the ideal red wine and avoid spending too much.

In drinking occasions, red wine is very popular in weddings, parties and other occasions except for meals on weekdays, but in different places and environments, the weight consumed is quite different. If you drink a lot of red wine at the party, the price of the selected red wine can be cheaper, and the types of wine can be more popular to avoid waste.

After considering the above two factors comprehensively, you can choose your favorite red wine according to the conditions. Remember last week when I told you about different kinds of grapes and "old and new world" red wine? Many times, the price of "old world" red wine (France and Italy) is more expensive, but the quality of "new world" red wine is also guaranteed. Chilean red wine is one of the more popular "new world" red wines. As for the types of grapes, red wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are easy to find in the market. But you can pay attention to whether red wine is made from a single grape or two or three kinds of grapes, because the taste and price of red wine are very different.

In fact, the vintage of red wine has a great influence on the "old world" red wine, so after choosing French or Italian red wine, it is necessary to choose a "good vintage" appropriately, and the taste must be different.

Professional teaching of wine distributors

Generally, high-end hotels have sommeliers. Their duty is to use their professional knowledge to teach guests how to choose different red wine to match different foods, and give them suggestions on how to drink red wine, so that red wine can be brought into full play. Don't think that you can enjoy this kind of high-quality professional service only in high-end hotels. Now some professional sommeliers have set up Red Hotel to teach the general public the most professional knowledge about red wine. For example, Eric, who studied hotel catering in Switzerland and used to be a sommelier in high-end hotels, has jumped out of the hotel and started a restaurant and wine company himself. With his specialty and accumulated experience for many years, he shared his knowledge and valuable experience about red wine with the guests and promoted the catering culture. Moreover, his table wine company advocates the introduction of unique red wine from all over the world, which is often a rare wine in the market. The quality of wine is high and the price is popular.

Four processes of sighing red wine

If red wine can be combined with food, it can give full play to the taste of red wine. Light red wine can be enjoyed with light dishes; On the contrary, fruity red wine is most suitable for eating with rich-flavored dishes, so the collocation of red wine and red meat is not a rule.

The requirements and satisfaction with the quality of red wine vary from person to person, but from a professional and objective point of view, Eric said that red wine is like a dish, and we should pay attention to whether its "color, aroma and taste" are complete. A glass of high-quality red wine should have a comfortable taste at the entrance. You can taste the sweetness, sourness, fruitiness and fruitiness of red wine, but not the bitterness. If you already feel a strong sour taste at the entrance, it is likely that the red wine has not reached the appropriate drinking period or has gone bad. After pouring red wine into the glass, you can tilt the glass 45 degrees under the light and observe its color tone.

You see, Eric said that high-quality red wine should be shiny, transparent and attractive; If the color is dark and turbid, it means that the quality of this red wine is not high.

If you smell red wine made from high-quality grapes, you should be able to smell the fruity aroma of grapes when you taste red wine. You can imagine whether red wine is made from black or red fruit, and you will feel its depth and complexity, because often red wine is made from more than one kind of grapes.

You should shake the red wine with a goblet, so as to ensure that when you want to slowly "shake" the wine in the glass, it will show its characteristics, just like the soup cooked in a stirring pot, and make it smell delicious.

Color and fragrance are both sensory feelings, and the texture, taste and level of red wine can only be felt by real entrance; When high-quality red wine stays in your mouth, it should feel smooth, slowly feel its mellow, and then the taste will be enriched; The smell of wine will make you feel aftertaste, and it will linger in your mouth for a long time.