As u know, people in Taiwan are getting more and more interested about red wine, because it is good for our health to ward off heart attacks. Studies reveal the effect comes from Tannin 單寧, which is richly contained in red wine.

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Now, I’m going to show you the correct steps of wine tasting. There are mainly three steps.

First, see the color and the intensity.

You pour about 2 ounces of wine into a tulip-shade glass, filling it no more than one- fourth full. Then put it over a white paper or cloth, you can see the color clearly, ruby red, purple, brick-red or amber. Ruby red and purple both mean young wine and red wine will be more brick-red or more amber as getting old.

And you also see the color’s intensity. What is intensity? Let me show you. This is 100% grape juice, when I add water to it, its intensity becomes lower. This juice is still purple but now it's a paler shade of purple. Generally, the more intense a wine's color, the more flavorful and full-bodies it is.

Second step, smell.

we swirl the glass to make wine touch more air, then smell it by taking 2 or 3 sharp sniffs, like this ( do the action of sniffing), and put the glass down. Allow an image of the wine to form in your brain. Give yourself at least 10 seconds to develop the image. Then smell again.

The aroma could be identified like flowers, fruits, green grass, wood, .. you name it. Actually, Smelling recalls your own memories, so feel free to imagine what you smell from it. Sometimes it's like rusty iron or a rainy day.

Finally, you can drink it.

Sip it and hold it in your mouth for a while.

You will taste sour, sweet, bitter, hot and harsh at the same time. (酸、甜、苦、辣、澀) When these five items get along with each other, the wine taste is balanced in harmony. Of course, people have their own individual favorite. For me, I enjoy "hot taste". It burns in your mouth slightly and relaxes your muscle, what even better, you become good at communication.

Furthermore, for drinking red wine, the appropriate temperature is twelve to fifteen Celsius; likewise red wine needs at least 2 hours to wake up. If you have an old wine more than 10 years old, you shall open it 4 hours early before drinking. For instance, if the banquet is at 7 o’clock, please open the bottle before 3 o'clock. Then cork it up putting into an ice bucket.

The alcohol of red wine is about 11 to 18 degrees, drinking too much or overdrinking makes u drunk. In fact, red wine is a good company with food, and it also arouses your appetite. I suggest don’t drink wine before going to sleep, if u do so, your heart beating would be faster and might keep you awake.

Conclusion:

Through all the above, you learn how to enjoy wine.

Let's review the three tips for wine tasting,

One, you see the color and the intensity.

Two, smell it and recall the aroma in memory.

Three, drink for tasting if the five items are balanced.

Good wine is supposed to toast for a great achievement, ladies and gentlemen, raise your hand, hold your glass. Let’s toast for Fluency, for us. Toastmaster.