Wine is a very complex and noble drink. You need to drink it with gusto and skillfully. Red and white wines differ radically from each other, they are drunk and eaten in completely different ways. What is the correct way to consume red wine?
Instructions
Step 1
It all starts with opening a bottle. After the bottle of red wine is uncorked, it needs to be allowed to breathe. As a rule, when opened, the wine should stand for 15 minutes to an hour. Large wine glasses are usually a quarter full, and smaller wine glasses are usually a third full. Good wine leaves smooth streaks on the walls of the glass, called wine legs.
Step 2
If white wine and champagne are always served cold, then with red it is the opposite. The optimal temperature for this drink on your table should be 12-20 °. In cold weather, you can drink warmed red wine, which will surely warm you up in bad weather. The main thing is to make sure that it does not boil!
Step 3
Before drinking, it is worth evaluating the quality of the wine. A good product will always be completely transparent and uniform in color. You can see the transparency of red wine against a white background (for example, a sheet of paper or a tablecloth). The drink may have a light wine sediment, as long as it is not cloudy.
Step 4
They drink wine slowly in order to feel all the shades of taste. Put some liquid in your mouth, but don't swallow it all at once. First, you need to weigh the drink on your tongue, this will allow you to fully appreciate its quality, after which a pleasant aftertaste will remain. In the mouth, red wine, which should be warm anyway, heats up even more, which helps to better feel its bouquet. The brighter and more complex the aftertaste of the wine, the better it is.
Step 5
It is best to serve red wine with meat dishes. Its combination with lamb is considered ideal. If some of the dishes on the menu are meat, and some are vegetarian, then the wine should be offered the same. Mushrooms are usually served exclusively with red wine. It is considered bad form to combine too salty, fermented or citrus products with wine. Their taste is too harsh, it interrupts the taste of the drink itself.
