Wine Tasting 101 Identifying Aromas in Wine by Mi's Wine And Cheese Shoppe http://m.miswineandcheeseshoppe.com www.miswineandcheeseshoppe.com When I teach people how to taste wine, I approach the step of wine aromas by asking them to pick up the glass, very quickly bring it up to their nose, putting their nose down into it, taking a nice deep inhale, putting the glass down, and thinking about what they smelled; kind of like this. Usually people look confused, and I have to draw it out of them. I say, what do you smell, what do you smell? Sometimes they say; well, I smell alcohol, or I smell wood, or I smell fruit, or spice, and I say; okay, thank you very much, but what do you really want to say? Eventually somebody will say; I'm sorry, but it smells like wine; and I say thank you very much, and I give that person a round of applause, because they're right. What I asked them to do by just picking up the glass and putting their nose in it, and smelling, was just to get the initial impression of the smell of a wine, or the wine's primary or first aroma, and a wine's primary or first aroma will be; smells like wine. They don't pay us Sommeliers to walk around saying smells like wine, so we made up a word for that, and the word for a wine's primary aroma; (smells like wine) is vinosity. It has vinosity, or it is vinos; smells like wine; that's the way it should be. After that, you can use some more intensified wine smelling techniques to bring out all the other aromas and bouquets in a wine, but the first smell will always be, smells like wine. Please visit our Blog for Articles that teach on Wines and Cheeses at www.miswineandcheeseshoppe.com For even more Wine Wisdom check out our mobile website for the mobile on the go crowd http://m.miswineandcheeseshoppe.com Please Like This Video and Subscribe too.
