All Bar One Bar Bible - Update 04/2023

TASTING PROCESS

Howwe recognise a flavour is a joint effort between our senses. What a wine looks like signals an expectation to the brain, what it smells like is actually around 80% of what we perceive to be taste, and what we taste finishes off the whole experience.

SEE - Look at your wine. Look for colour, clarity and body. Check for potential faults.

SWIRL - Hold your wine glass by them stem and swirl it around, creating a whirlpool in your wine. This will allow air into the liquid, releasing aromas.

SNIFF – What can you smell? Fruit? Flowers? Spice? How powerful are the aromas?

SWISH – Take a taste of your wine, move it around your mouth to ensure you touch all of the flavour receptors in your mouth – see diagram. What flavours can you taste? How does the wine feel? What is the finish like?