Wine Types

The history of the wine industry in Spain has been dated back as early as 1100 BC. With such vast stretch of time, Spain has undeniable perfected the wine-growing culture. The major wine regions in the part of Spain are the Rioja and Ribera Del Duero, Rías Baixas in Galicia, Penedès as well the Priorat [...]

Becoming a wine connoisseur does not happen overnight. Often, it takes a few years to get used to all the different tastes and odors of wines, and be able to distinguish between each type. However, everyone has to start somewhere. And knowing where to begin is half of the battle. Why don’t you try tasting [...]

In the 5 steps of wine tasting we begin step 1 by examining a wine’s appearance, checking for clarity and opaqueness; in step 2 we involve ourselves in perhaps the most important element of wine tasting – evaluating its aroma; step 3 moves us into actually sipping the wine and letting the flavors and aromas [...]

Tasting a Wine has Much to do with Aroma When professional wine tasters, or even amateurs who enjoy the process, perform a wine tasting, the actual sipping or tasting of the wine is not done until step three. Before sipping a wine during a wine tasting, the tasters judge and describe first the wine’s appearance [...]

Wine Tasting is not Just Sipping Wine Wine connoisseurs will tell you that wine is experienced through not only sipping it, but in observing it and smelling it. Wine has a certain essence about it that encompasses our senses and compels many to identify just what it is about a certain wine that is so [...]

This first step in wine tasting comes with the prerequisites of having the wine at the proper tasting temperature and using the proper type of glassware. Wine Temperature The temperature of a wine can significantly alter the way it will taste and smell. Lower serving temperatures will enhance acidity and tannic tastes while minimizing aromatics. [...]

Wine tasting involves a 5-step tasting process wherein a wine’s characteristics are evaluated using the senses of sight, smell, and taste.   The wine taster describes characteristics observed in the wine by using terms that have long been standardized as wine descriptors. The best wine tasting assessments are done when the “tasting field” has been [...]

The Popularity of Wine Tasting Wine tasting has been appreciated for centuries by wine connoisseurs but in recent years it has become popular with even the most casual wine drinkers everywhere. Experts and amateurs alike are nosing up to the goblet to try their hand at assessing the more intricate qualities of the luscious liquor. [...]