Tasting Wines — The Five S’s

​About the Author: Elizabeth Soos

• Additional Resources - Introduction to Dining Etiquette.  If you don't have time to get an etiquette school let this downloadable help you.

Want to know more about etiquette?  Head back to  auersmont.com.au  There you will learn out of the box etiquette strategies that actually work.

1.  See – Look at the wine, checking its clarity, sediment, and the colour of the wine. The colour of wine will tell you the intensity of the wine about to be tasted.

2.  Swirl – Swirl the glass on the table, rotate your glass, this aerates the wine, swirling helps the wine interact with oxygen releasing aromas before smelling the wine. If there is high sugar content, it will leave streaks in the glass. (Called ‘legs’ or ‘tears’).

​3.  Smell – Holding the stem, place your nose inside and inhale. Never sniff the cork (there is no need as that is not where the smell is) however looking at it will indicate cracks, mould, and seepage. Sniffing the wine will tell you how intense the wine is, does it remind you of fruit, flowers etc.

​​4.  Sip – Never drink the wine. Sip the wine and allow the wine to roll around in your mouth 3-5 seconds to coat your mouth so as to detect its overall structure. You will be thinking about its textures, flavours, and weight. By letting in oxygen to mix in with your wine (en mouth) you will get to know the full profile of the wine.

​5.  Savour – When you swallow the wine, you will get a different taste to that during the above procedures. By doing this you will be able to see the wine’s balance, and detect any notes of domination or not.

See article in: Maura Graber's Etiquipedia.blogspot.com

#auersmont #wine #wineetiquette #etiquetteschool #finishingschool #wineglass #diningetiquette