| It's nice to know a few of the more basic | | | | you'll be left with very little to taste your |
| etiquette rules before you go to one of the | | | | wines properly. |
| wine tasting events. And remember that these | | | | |
| hold especially true if you're going to a | | | | Another thing that you'll want to avoid at a |
| vineyard tasting room. There, they tend to | | | | wine tasting is chewing gums or mints. The |
| hold to the formal strictures for wine | | | | taste of the gum or the mint will almost |
| tasting. | | | | definitely impair your sense of taste and |
| | | | smell besides altering the taste of the wine. |
| First things first, if you're going to a wine | | | | |
| tasting then don't put on any perfume. This | | | | And one of the most important things that you |
| can interact with your wine palate and you | | | | should remember is not to criticize the |
| might get confusing signals from your nose. | | | | wines. If you like them then fine, but if a |
| Perfumes include after shaves, colognes, | | | | wine doesn't agree with your palate keep your |
| perfumed body lotions and anything else that | | | | opinion to yourself. It's simply bad manners |
| might overpower your sense of smell. | | | | to comment adversely on something that your |
| | | | host gives you, and you know that you |
| Don't smoke at a wine tasting. Others might | | | | wouldn't think about telling your host if the |
| not appreciate if you light up right next to | | | | food they served was lousy. So take that to |
| them and destroy whatever wine palate they | | | | heart and don't tell them that the wines were |
| have. Also if you smoke, your own wine | | | | lousy. |
| tasting abilities will go down the drain and | | | | |