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