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Wine tips There are a few in this group who I would guess are trying to impress us with there wine prose. That's fine as far as it goes, but the wine experience Starts with opening the bottle - possibly even before that. I am going to give some hard earned tips on how to impress with the opening. First- get a good foil cutter. In my younger days in my haste to guzzle I used to push the corkscrew through the foil and pull the cork up and through the foil. I was wised up by a friend who said "my God, how gouch". With a good foil cutter much ado over nothing can be made over this operation. For instance, you can closely examine the bottle turning it every which way as if it were a precious diamond ready to be cleaved. Than apply the device ever so carefully, and gingerly rotate the bottle until the foil is severed. I'm sure some of you can improve on that and get some really good mileage. After the cork is pulled.- A good tequnique is to take the cork and examine it carefully. Bring the wet end up to your nose and sniff it carefully for about 7 seconds. Than press your thumbnail into the side. If firm say something like "Hmm, nice and firm". If the cork is soft look disdainful (this expression also gets great mileage) and say "punkey" After the wine is poured. (pouring is also a technique to be covered in it's own right in a later post) The first look - Cup the glbutt, than take it and hold it up to the light- squint at it-turn the glbutt round and around-look disdainful-look puzzled-look non committal, than make a great proclamation such as "Beautiful clarity and color" or "Hmm, muddy and brickey" or "leggy" or "short in the legs". Some of you I'm sure, can say the same things in a hundred words or more. Swirling - Place the pedestal of the glbutt flat on a table and swirl it. It's fun- see how close to the top you can get. Look intent. Sniffing- put your nose as deeply into the glbutt as you can as if you wanted the glbutt to engulf you whole head. Make loud sniffing sounds. Put a knowing look on your face - Say something like "good bouquet" or "clean nose" or "no nose". The second look - Second but most important. If sitting or even standing bring the wine glbutt down to your waist. Look deeply and intently into the glbutt, as if divining Tea Leaves or expecting something to rise up out of the glbutt. Say and do nothing for 10 seconds. Than saying nothing take the first sip. The first sip - your big chance to make it or break it. Suck air and wine in at the same time, try not to choke - chew the wine- swizzle it around your mouth, treat it like mouthwash. The opinion- I leave that to you. To: rant, ramble, pontificate, oritate, obfuscate, and use a hundred adjectives where three or four will suffice. Hope this helps.
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