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> The wine taster's ritual of peering into a glass, swirling it around and sniffing suspiciously at it, before taking a mouthful only to spit it out again looks highly mysterious and technical. However, as you try more and more wines, your awareness of flavors and your personal preferences will develop. It is however a sequence of events that can enhance the enjoyment of good wine. Once learned, they become almost second nature to even the novice taster. Wines Appearance Pour your wine into a wine glass so that it is about 40% full, you will need room for swirling. Have a good look at the wine. Is it clear, opaque, or cloudy? Does it contain sediments or other solid matter? Tilt the glass away from...

Wine tasting is an assessment of a wine's quality. It's not just about taste but also covers aroma, color, the way it feels in one's mouth and how long the wine persists in the mouth after tasting. Wine tasting is also one way to determine the maturity of the wine and whether it is suitable for aging or for immediate drinking. Its purpose it to discover the key facets of the wine in order to appreciate it better in every sense of the word. Wine tasting also serves to compare a particular wine with others that fall into the same price range, region or vintage - its quality, whether it is typical of the region it was made in, whether it uses certain wine making techniques and if it has any faults. It...

Todays article is about a delightful rich in flavor grape varietal Malvasia Bianca (pronounced Mal-va-ZEE-ah Bee-AHN-Kah), again originating in Italy.  Malvasia is natively identical to the more well known Muscat Canelli or Muscat Blanc grape.  Characteristics of this wine can change from delocate to robust, dry to sweet, high to low alcohol. It is sometimes made as a sparkling wine.   In this article we will talk about one of these newly appearing Italian varietals in Temecula Valley Wine Country.  Malvasia Bianca is a member of an age-old, highly esteemed Greek family of grapes made into wine in a myriad of styles throughout Italy. Malvasia Bianca is  widely harvested, light-colored grape...

There are three aspects to tasting a good glass of wine and savoring its every subtle flavor: Color Tilt the glass against a white background - maybe a napkin held against the glass. Take note of the clarity of the wine. If it's hazy, you're usually not onto a good thing. White wines range from a watery yellow to amber in color. A pale yellow will indicate a young wine, probably dry. The sweeter the wine, the darker the shade. However, age also adds a depth to the shade, so don't be deceived. Color is a dead give-away to the age of red wine as well. When a wine ages, it loses its ruby red colour and develops a brick red, almost orange, tinge. Indeed, the darker the shade, the more full-bodied the...

Wine tasting events are becoming more and more popular. From college classrooms to vacations to Napa Valley, if you're going to a wine tasting event and aren't familiar with the protocol, you'll stick out like a sore thumb. The first thing to note when you go to a wine tasting event is that the staff at various tasting rooms are there to help educate you, not be snooty. It is perfectly acceptable to bring a pad of paper and a pen to take notes. Also, if the staff member doesn't mention a type of wine that you're interested in, it's okay to ask for a specific kind. The order of the wines usually goes from light to heavy and then from dry to sweet. Since some wines don't follow others very well, it's...

Wine is one of the oldest drinks associated traditionally with many festivals and celebrations. Today, it has become a common household item and is found everywhere from bars to kitchens. Many people have gone on wine tasting tours not out of any professional obligations but out of sheer love for this particular drink. Wine tasting tours are organized so that wine tasters may have the chance to evaluate the quality of different wines based on criteria like feeling, aroma, and color. People who go on wine tasting tours have a well-developed sense of smell and taste and they can tell even minor details about a wine through simple smelling and tasting. Besides determining the taste of the wine, wine...