{"id":14468,"date":"2013-06-26T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/?p=14468"},"modified":"2013-06-26T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:17:19","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-wine-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wine-and-dining\/a-beginners-guide-to-wine-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Wine Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t have to be a wine tasting aficionado to get the basics of wine tasting down. Here are some easy steps to practice at home and keep in mind\u00a0next time you&#8217;re wine tasting with friends or just want to sound sophisticated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wine-and-dining\/a-beginners-guide-to-wine-tasting\/attachment\/wine-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14471\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-14471 pk-lazyload\"  alt=\"wine\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"580\"  height=\"340\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/25010238\/wine2.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. A Woody Smell<\/strong><br \/>\nPopular wines like chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon often smell like wood since winemakers store them in oak barrels. So, if you find yourself wine tasting with a group of friends or wine aficionados, you\u2019ll probably be spot-on if you relish that that chardonnay tastes like a tint of oak. Tip: An oaky aroma in a taste is usually associated with more expensive wines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Vanilla Extract<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you\u2019re familiar with the strong smell of vanilla extract, it\u2019s pretty easy to detect it in wine, even for the wine tasting beginner. Red wines tend to have a hint of vanilla, which usually indicates that the wine was aged in American oak. Winemakers typically use two types of oak barrels for storage \u2013 French or American oak, with the American one releasing more of a vanilla scent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Green Pepper<br \/>\n<\/strong>Every type of grape has its own distinctive aroma. Take the grape that\u2019s used in cabernet sauvignon \u2013 it smells like green peppers. If you smell a rather obvious green pepper scent in your cab, this means that the grapes were probably not fully ripe, and, thus, not as great of a wine as it might have seemed to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Imitation Butter<br \/>\n<\/strong>Winemakers get rid of the tartness of grapes that contains an acid found in Granny Smith apples by adding bacteria into the wine\u2019s fermenting juice. The bacteria works to convert the acid into less tart acids, and also develops a buttery flavor called diacetyl, which is also found in imitation butter and microwave popcorn.<\/p>\n<p>Wines that have gone through the diacetyl process tend to have a smoother feel and that irrefutable imitation butter meets microwavable popcorn smell. What you need to remember: the more buttery the wine seems, the more expensive.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: NPR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t have to be a wine tasting aficionado to get the basics of wine tasting down.\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8566,10078,9632,9856,10077],"class_list":{"0":"post-14468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wine-and-dining","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-how-to-wine-taste","10":"tag-wine","11":"tag-wine-tasting","12":"tag-wine-tasting-for-beginners","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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