How to Enjoy Your Wine without Being Anxious That You Are Doing It Wrong?

While the media should be providing us the reassurance required for tackling every social situation involving food and drink, they seem to be more intent on pointing out where we are going wrong. Nothing is truer of this phenomenon than wine drinking, when more than trying to enhance our enjoyment of Bacchus' largesse, they tend to diminish self-confidence. Some suggestions on enjoying wine more confidently without being worried about the disapproval of anyone around you:

Get the Temperature of the Wine Right 

Sure, we all know that white wines are supposed to be consumed cold and red wines, warm; however, most of us tend to make it too cold or too warm. White wine drunk cold straight out from the fridge may at first seem refreshing, however, the nuances will generally be missing; so it will be more like drinking cold water. The secret is to wait for half an hour after taking it out of the fridge so that it can warm up and release the fruit flavors that are the characteristic of the vineyard it came from. The term cool for white wines is a relative matter since many of the wines that are very fashionable today like chardonnays are drunk best barely a little cooler than room temperature. According to https://vincarta.com, full-bodied red wines should be served at room temperature. However, Sangiovese Wines should be served not at the temperature of the room in which the drinkers are but at “cellar” temperature, which is around 13 degrees Celsius.

Use Stemless Wine Glasses

Opinions of wine connoisseurs are sharply divided regarding the way you should hold your glass of wine – by the stem of the bowl. It is considered more sophisticated to hold the wine glass by the stem largely because of two reasons. It helps the drinkers to swirl the wine to be able to release the aromas and secondly prevent warming the wine a little bit that may affect the way it tastes. Some people even go to the extent of suggesting that when the fingers are holding the glass by the bowl, it can be more difficult to appreciate the color and the clarity of the wine. While serving wine in conventional stem glasses can lead to confusion among guests regarding the right way to hold the glass, it may just be more socially practical to use stemless glasses that can be held in only one way.

Learn to Recognize Cork Taint

Good wine bottles are always corked but sometimes chemicals in the cork can affect the aroma and taste of the wine even if the chemical is just present in a trace. While it can take some experience to recognize the taint, you should just ask for another bottle if you suspect it to be the case when dining at a restaurant.

Conclusion 

While the list can be considerably longer if you were to take note of all the wine etiquette, the three-pointers discussed above should help you to enjoy your wine drinking session without getting stressed out for fear of violating some obscure convention. Even if you do encounter frowns, just ignore them and sip away.