sip, sip, hooray!
Welcome to the NMA Reception with WINE WIZE! 🍷🍇🍷
WINE WIZE
6 S’s
of Wine Tasting
Every glass tells a story!
With the WINE WIZE
6 S’s you’ll be a
wine-tasting expert in no time!
Grab a glass and join the fun!
Ready.
Set.
GO!!!
A wine’s color is a glimpse into its soul. It can reveal the wine’s age – youthful purple to aged tawny.
It also can expose winemaking influences such as oak. Crystal clear to slightly hazy? Filtered or not!
Grab your box of Crayolas and let’s see what this glass has to tell!
WHITE WINE COLORS:
~ Lemon-Lime
~ Lemon
~ Gold
~ Amber
RED WINE COLORS:
~ Purple
~ Ruby
~ Garnet
~ Tawny
The nose knows! Your smell is 1000x stronger than your taste, so don’t rush the aromas!
Start at your chin, move up to your mouth, then stick your nose right down into the glass. Each sniff opens a new chapter.
Just when you thought you knew everything, a swirl of the glass can put you back at the starting line!
Swirling let’s a wine “breathe” and exposes a whole new layer of aromas. Swirl, sniff, swirl again!
Now for the fun part! Take a small sip, but don’t swallow yet! The next step will blow your mind!
Each and every part of your mouth will respond to the wine you sip. Swish it into your gums, under your tongue, don’t leave any part of your mouth untouched!
As the wine warms in your mouth, new flavors and experiences are revealed. This is where the magic happens!
WHITE WINE FLAVORS:
~ Citrus Fruit: Lemon / Lime
~ Tree Fruit: Apple / Pear
~ Stone Fruit: Peach / Nectarine
~ Tropical Fruit: Pineapple / Mango
~ Herbaceous: Eucalyptus
~ Floral: Rose / Honeysuckle
~ Oak: Vanilla / Smoke
RED WINE FLAVORS:
~ Red Fruit: Cherry / Strawberry / Raspberry
~ Black Fruit: Blackberry / Plum / Blueberry
~ Floral: Violet / Potpourri
~ Herbaceous: Mint / Eucalyptus
~ Oak: Smoke / Cedar
Wine’s story continues even after it leaves your mouth. Simple wines will disappear quickly. Very good wines will linger.
Other pieces of the wine puzzle start to fall in place:
Acidity
Alcohol
Body
Spend a little time with your wine. Each glass will tell a story of it’s place, it’s journey, and it’s adventure.
By using the WINE WIZE 6 S’s method of wine tasting, you’ll become part of the story, sip by sip!
CHEERS!🍷