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The Systematic Approach: The Nose of Your Wine

Written By: Dylan York on Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Just as important as actual wine tasting is the smelling. A nose on a wine is critically judged by experts, and described here are the processes they follow to evaluate each wine.

Analyzing the complexities of a wine's nose and palate is perhaps the most challenging task for a wine lover. Training our minds to look for fruit and non-fruit characteristics in a glass of grape juice takes lots of practice. This article will hopefully offer some guidance with that. Continuing from my last article with a look at how wine...read more
 

The Systematic Approach: The Palate

Written By: Dylan York on Thursday, January 31, 2008

It's time to get to the heart of the matter - wine tasting. Learn how to describe the palate and accurately assess what it is your tasting.

Once a wine reaches your palate your taste buds have the capacity to tell you everything you need to know about the wine. Using the systematic approach, you will be able to describe those flavors. Start with the level of sweetness and categorize it by dry, off-dry, medium-dry, medium-sweet, or sweet. Wines from warmer growing areas will have...read more
 

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The Systematic Approach: Judging the Appearance of Your Wine

Written By: Dylan York on Thursday, January 24, 2008

Clarity...intensity...color...what else helps Masters of Wine judge one brand from the next?

Tasting and discussing wine among other enthusiasts will teach you what books cannot, so I wanted to share a great tool that will help you understand and describe your wine more clearly. The technique is called the systematic approach to wine, and it focuses on the appearance, aroma and palate of the wine. Each section is very detailed so I...read more