[YAKSON HOUSE] HOW TO ENJOY WINE / WINE KNOWLEDGE

It is very important that looking exterior. <Germany wine association>

See, Smell, Feel

How to enjoy wine

There are various types of wine, 
so it is hard to say which one is good or bad.
Everyone have their preference, as well.


But you have to taste and learn those wine to find your best one.
For tasting, you have to memory taste and smell,
compare and classify wine.
You need skills for enjoy wine.




Color of wine

Looking appearance including color is very important.
It is the essential factor, and takes core part in tasting wine.
Also we can catch many information like origin country
 by looking appearance.


Red wine's color depends on the amount of fruit juice.
Deeper color means grape is more concentrated.
Weather also affects on wine color.
Cold area makes bright wine, warm area makes rich wine.

Fill wine a 1/3 of glass, tilt glass and contrast on a white background.
You can see color is slightly change from center to edge.
Purity and brightness of color according to types and evolution
is more important than color intensity in white wine.


Normally greenish wine origin from cold north area.
Yellowish wine origin from warm south area.




Fragrance of wine

Sense of smell is very important for tasting wine.
Mostly flavor that we think is actually fragrance.
Good wine has very rich fragrance, while normal wine has simple fragrance.

Types of fragrance

Flower: rose, violet, acacia, jasmine, lime trees, etc.
Plants: Full flavor, green peppers, pine, rosin, tea, mint, truffle, hay, olives, etc.

Flowers: rose, violet, acacia, jasmine, lime trees, etc.
Plants: grass, green peppers, pine, rosin, tea, mint, truffle, hay, olives, etc.
Fruits: oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, tangerines, pears, peaches, apricots, melons, apples, quince, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, rich, pineapple, mango, etc.
Mineral: earthy, ash, schist, stone, gravel, gasoline, wax
Animal: Deer meat, venison, wet fur, wet wool, leather, musk, cat urine
Spices: black / white pepper, clove, cedar, licorice, anise fruit, cinnamon, vanilla
Dried fruits: nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, figs, prunes, raisins, fruit cake, jam
Tan incense: tar, coffee, toast, butter, caramel, chocolate, honey, smoke, tobacco
Chemical flavor: In wine there is one drawback browning apple, bitter and sweet, caramel, sour vinegar, nail polish, burnt matches, rotten eggs, burning rubber, garlic, onion, mold, damp cellar, dusty smell.

Flavor of wine




Representation of flavor

Dry is opposite meaning with sweet.
If dry wine tasted sweet, it is natural taste of fruit or alcohol flavor.
On the other hand, sweet wine's flavor is from grape juice,
 it's called residual sugar.

Flat or fresh feeling is related with acid.
Grape originally has acid, it is especially important in white wine.
Bitter taste is confused with tannin,
but bitter taste is taste and tannin is sense of touch.
Bitter taste normally comes from young red wine.


Isn't it interesting?
Remind this next time when you taste wine.

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