For the average person, choosing a good wine is not an easy task at all. Some people can stand for a very long time at the counter of a liquor store until they choose exactly the wine they need. And this is not surprising, because it is no secret that grape wine can be easily counterfeited by dissolving citric acid, aniline dye and sugar in water.
However, not everything is as bad as it seems - you can choose good wine even from completely inexpensive brands. In this article we will try to give some practical advice on how to determine the quality of wine.
The first thing you need to pay attention to is the price tag. If the wine is genuine and of high quality, it will not cost less than 50 rubles, so a very low price should immediately alert the buyer.
Then look at the label on which you find the amount of sugar in the wine (dry wines do not have sugar due to their absence there), the code of the certification body where the wine was identified, the ROSTEST badge, as well as the name and address of the manufacturer and GOST. The year in which the wine was made is indicated on the necklace.
You can also determine the quality of the wine yourself. To do this, direct the bottle to the light, with a sharp movement turn it upside down, paying attention to the sediment. If an excessive amount of sediment has fallen out, this should alert. Vintage wine can only have a sediment of tartar, but it should not cover the bottom of the bottle.
A dense consistency and fast settling are signs of a “correct” sediment. However, it should be noted that this method of determining the quality is not at all suitable for poured wine.
If you have already purchased wine, you can also test it at home. To distinguish real grape wine from counterfeit, the wine must be poured into a small bottle, pinch the neck with your finger, then lower the bottle into a vessel with water and release your finger. If the wine is real, it will not mix with water; if the wine is mixed with water, then the faster it happens, the more impurities it has.
Another way to determine the quality of a wine is to use glycerin. Glycerin remains colorless when sprinkled into natural wine; if instead of wine there is some kind of "compote", glycerin in this case will be colored in shades of yellow or red.
