in love with wine
"ANY FRIEND OF WINE IS A FRIEND OF MINE"
wine professional
SOMMELIER
A sommelier is a wine steward, or a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, typically found in fine restaurants and across the hospitality industry. Sommeliers know which wines a restaurant has both on and off the wine list, and can help you find the right wine for your meal or occasion.
A Drinking Song,
William Butler Yeats
“Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die”.
Wine Discovery. Simple, practical and professional wine understanding to have the food and wine experience.
HAVE TO TASTE LIST
list before You Die
Ruinart Champagne Rosé
Rockford Basket Press Shiraz
La Rioja Alta Tempranillo
Château Petrus Pomerol
Jean-Paul & Benoit DROIN PETIT CHABLIS
Catena Zapata Malbec
Isabel Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
CHAMPAGNE DON PERIGNON
BANDOL Rosé
WE FROM GUIDE WAITER TRULY BELIEVE THAT QUALITY IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN QUANTITY. DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
guide waiter
Common questions
Light-bodied, medium-bodied and full-bodied. Basically, it is the richness and weight of the wine in your mouth.
It is absolutely true that Chardonnay is so popular that it is nearly synonymous with white wine.
When certain solids & sediments are necessary to prevent or when the goal is the let the wine breath and open up flavour profile.
The wine you like and taste good for your palate.
A vineyard is often the first thing that comes to mind as we imagine driving through wine country. Vineyard is the plantation where grapes are grown.
A winery is a licensed property that makes wine.
If you want to taste like a professional:
LOOK at the color and clarity
SWIRL to release the aromas
SNIFF to prepare your palate
SIP and enjoy the complexities
Spit into a “dump bucket” if you don’t want to get inebriated.
AGEING WINE
Why is wine aged in Oak barrels?
French Oak x American Oak; aged for 18 months in new French Oak or also that wine aged for 22 months in American Oak… very common terms in the wine industry.
French Oak is very popular for oak aging premium wines providing that soft spice and toasty flavours. American Oak imparts a lot of flavor and brings notes as dill, coconut, and vanilla.
Aging in an Oak barrel is an important part of the maturation process for most red and some white wines, allowing time for the wine to integrate and find balance. Ageing for a certain period of time makes the wine gets exposed to small amounts of oxygen through the pores of the wood allowing for a slow oxidation over time.
