SoGood.TV: Tasting Wine Basics

http://sogood.tv Heather Johnston, food and wine blogger who has developed recipes for magazines such as Essence and Saveur, quickly demonstrates how to taste and rate wine, using visuals and food pairings to help remember qualities of both white and red wines.

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• wine
• tasting
• pairing
• food
• Verdejo
• Malbec

[foodwishes]

Just posted a vid response that's a great pairing for most red wines. Thanks.

[gordoneriksen]

Thanks. Good looking recipe. Will try it!

[6Anonymous6]

your steak looks like bread with leaves on top. otherwise, thanks. good video.

[Nilyentaraka]

HA! This reminds me of a time when my poor butt went to Ruth Chris for my parents' anniversary. The waiters poured wine and asked us to consider it. We, being completely ignorant of the finer intricacies of wine tasting, just kinda gulped it down and said, "Oh yeah, that's fine." Bwahahahaha! Now I know better! Thank you! ROFL!!

[kenmorto]

You are right with brownish/ tan. You're wrong w/ 2ndry ferment tho.... I home brew my own and a 2ndry clears the wine nicely, and faster!

I have a slight sulfer smell to this last batch (using chlorinated City water). I think I racked to soon after my 2ndry... Wine is made from fruit. If you make the real stuff from blackberries ect., you must 2ndry to clear it out!

[iBombAtomicly]

@6Anonymous6 There is a piece of bread on the bottom, steak in the middle and salad on top, kinda hard to see the steak though, but if you pause it, you can see it.

[ILoveTrannys89]

You swirl wine to oxidize it not to release aromas

[ILoveTrannys89]

@Nilyentaraka lol thats funny, i have a similar story. When I was like 7 I was with my family at a restaurant and I ordered a cheeseburger. The waiter asked me how I wanted it cooked and I said "ooo umm in a pan is fine"

[MetroWineTasting]

Nice! Like the visuals.

[ipairwine]

Nice tips on tasting and pairing. I like the idea of the white wine with salad and believe it would go well with a salad containing some fruit like apples or even orange slices and walnuts or almond slices and a vinaigrette. Not sure it would work on a heavy salad like Cobb with Ranch or Bleu cheese though.

[ronnysoeberg]

Taste zones on the tongue is actually a myth that has long since been disproven. All taste sensation comes from the entire tongue.

[marliesas]

thanks!