| sting | | | | be between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Keeping |
| Prince Edward County Wineries offers wine tasting | | | | this temperature helps with tasting the wines" flavors. |
| year round but the fun really starts in the spring! A | | | | When wine tasting the order of the tasting should be |
| lot of the Prince Edward County wineries are open | | | | with the sparkling wines, the light wines, and then the |
| year round but with reduced hours. During the | | | | heavy whites and heavy reds. Heavy wines have a |
| summer months they are open for much of the day | | | | deep color to them while the sweeter wines are |
| and you can taste the wines from this newest wine | | | | thick and generally leave streaks called "legs" on the |
| region. | | | | side of the glass when it is swirled. |
| But what is "wine tasting"? | | | | The art of wine tasting is as follows; color, swirl, |
| Wine tasting is the art of evaluating wines. When | | | | smell, taste and savor. A wine taster must look for |
| wine tasting you utilize the sensory of sight smell and | | | | clarity and to do this it is easiest to put the wine |
| taste. Wine tasters evaluate the look of the wine in | | | | against a white background. The wine taster is |
| the glass, the fragrance of the wine and the taste of | | | | looking at the components of the wine to determine |
| the wine. There is also the "finish" of the wine or the | | | | whether the wine is balanced. Another thing a taster |
| aftertaste. | | | | looks for is the quality of the wine or the clarity of |
| Wine tasters when tasting wines are served wines | | | | the flavor. |
| without knowing what color the wine is nor do they | | | | Wine tasters can taste several wines at one tasting. |
| know who the maker is and the origin of the wine. | | | | This being the case, the tasters do not actually drink |
| This is called "Blind Tasting." | | | | the wines since they are alcohol. When tasting the |
| When wine tasters are trying to determine the | | | | wines the taster holds the wine in his mouth to get |
| similarities and differences they do what is called | | | | the flavor in his taste buds then wine tasters |
| "Vertical" and "Horizontal" tasting. Vertical are the | | | | generally spit out the wine after testing. There are |
| differences in same wine types but different | | | | several wineries throughout the world where one can |
| vintages. Horizontal tasting is wines from the same | | | | visit and taste different wines some wineries will |
| vintage but different wineries. | | | | charge a small fee to cover the cost of the tours. |
| The serving temperature for a tasting of wine should | | | | |