Wine Appreciation =

Wine Tasting
Outcomes:
Help demystify wine
Learn the basic steps involved in wine tasting
Introduce techniques to appreciate wine
Identify the three general principles of a wines
character - appearance, smell, and taste
Understand more of the language of wine
Enjoy wine! A little knowledge can make enjoying
wine even better!

What's in it For You W.I.F.Y.

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Customers are more likely to trust staff who show
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Customer satisfactionis the result of an exceptional
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We are here to assist customers in making decisions
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Points Out of 20 to Evaluate

Wine

Appearance - 3 max
Aroma/Bouquet - 6 max
Taste/Texture - 6 max
Aftertaste - 3 max
Overall Total - 2 max
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Four Steps to Tasting Wine

Step 1 Sight
Labels

Producer or Name
Region
Variety or Appellation (Ah-pel-ah-syohN)
Vintage or Non-Vintage (NV)
Alcohol volume

Old or New World wine?

Old World wine generally refers to wine made in Europe. They
are lighter - bodied, more restrained and traditional, lower in
alcohol, more structure driven and concerned with the place
the wine is produced.
New World wines are typically more fruity, modern, squeaky
clean, fruit forward and in general more varietal driven with
higher alcoholcontent. Science and the role of the winemaker
are more often emphasised.

Legs (or Tears) Thick or Thin?

Legs - The traces left running down the

inside of your wine glass after its been
tipped
Thicker, more prominent and slower legs
can indicate a higher alcohol level
Sweeter winesare more viscous, the tears
will flow slower down the sides of a glass.

Colours in the Glass

To see the true colour of the wine, tip the glass away
from you at an angle of 45 degrees against a white
background and take a look at the meniscus (the
curved upper surface and rim) of the fluid. Also look in
the centre of the glass for transparency or opaqueness
and graduations of colour.

 Colour comes entirely from the grape skins, the pigmentation in the
skins.
Deep coloured red wine is either young, made with ripe grapes or a
thick skinned grape like Grenache. Thin skinned red grapes add just a
little colour.
Sauvignon Blanc can be slightly green, showing it is fresh, if its bright
and clear you know it will be fresh, fruity and dry. A golden Semillon
shows it has been fermented in oak while the Sauvignon Blanc is
fermented in stainless steel. The Semillon will be sweet and rich.
White wines deepen with age, they gain colour. The opposite is true
with red wines, as they age they lose colour. White wines maderise
while red wines oxidise.
The browner the wine, whatever the colour, the older it is. For red
wines, a brick tinge at the rim tells you how old it is, the more orange
and less blue, the older the wine. The lighter the rim the older it is.
The rim can almost be colourless.

2. Sniffing:
There are four basic steps but in steps 2, 3
and 4 there are no right or wrong
impressions!
The nose picks up far more characteristics
than the palate is able to
The aroma wheel shows just how many
qualities our noses can pick up.

3. Tasting:
Tannins make the mouth feel dry while
acids make the mouth water
We look for fruit and oak in tasting a
wine
Mouth feel: wines of different alcoholic
strength feel different in terms of their
texture light, medium and full body
Higher alcohol wines feel fuller bodied
Lower alcohol wines feel light.

4. After taste orfinish:

Afterthe wine is either swallowed or spat out
A major determinant of the wine's quality
The aftertaste of a wine can be described as
bitter, persistent, short, sweet, smooth, or
even non-existent
We also consider the aromas still present
after swallowing
High quality wines typically have long
finishes accompanied by pleasant aromas
The longer the flavours last the better the
wine.

Reflection
Name one thing a wine label can tell
you.
Name a colour to describe white and
red wine.
Where does the colour of wine come
from?
Name one general principle of a wines
character.