Easy Guide To Tasting Wine

Take a sip of the wine after enjoying the aroma...

...make sure you cover the entire surface of your tongue

...if

you taste the wine on the front of your tongue-
-it is a sweet, fruity wine.

you taste the wine on the sides of your tongue-
-it is a sour, acidic wine.

you taste the wine on the back of your tongue-
-it is a bitter, tannic* wine.

*Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins.

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[Tyler]

Yes! I love this. I have really been learning about wines and trying to enjoy them when I can. I found Sequoia Grove at our Whole Foods and I am waiting until Carrie is done nursing to enjoy it with her. Thanks for taking the time to write about this!

[Ramon Presson]

Randy, this new blog is very well done and is an informative and entertaining service for vino novices like moi. I think I'm going to have to get a bottle of the Two Vines merlot this weekend.

[Randy]

Thanks, Guys. Ramon, you will love the Two Vines..and Tyler-Sequoia Grove will spoil you fast. It is a sumptuous wine.

I'm glad you have joined the conversation.

If you have wine questions, let me know here.

Randy

[Martyn]

Nice idea. Unfortunately you're perpetuating the myth of the Tongue Map in your Easy Guide, see
http://www.livescience.com/health/060829_bad_tongue.html or google Linda Bartoshuk. That aside good luck with the blog.