Tasting the wine
Before tasting the wine, choose which taster you are
There are actions, attitudes and words full of that charm that never goes out of fashion, even if most of these ways are linked to the art of tasting wine . In reality we are proud that the interest in oenology is increasingly extended to everyone; the characters are a little less proud (often monsters) that are created once the first glass is sniffed. Whether it is a guided tasting, a simple evening in a wine shop or the party of the unit with plastic cups, it is clear how the wine is able to transform a very nice subject after an exasperated consumption of liquid. However, there is a condition far worse than drunkenness and it is called passion eno , a status now widespread: the scientific community has established that it could eradicate within the next twenty years, when craft beers will be considered a national drink and free wine labels will be used for events on equal rights. What follows is a list of wine characters , their attitudes but also some tips on how to deal with them.
The technician . Once he tried to make wine at home: the acetic cue was so accentuated that a well-known pickling house wanted to buy him the barrel, but he was too proud to understand that it was not wine. Since then he believes he is a better producer than all the famous ones because, unlike them, he did not use the powder and did not ask any winemaker. Any wine will drink in your company, will say that it tastes like a chemical . Tip: look for Heidi's phone number, ask if your grandfather is available to accommodate a gentleman who still believes that to do good things just say you have made them at home, then send it to us. Or from the grandfather or that country.
The noisy . He believes he knows a lot, so it's good that everyone knows it. During a crowded tasting everyone notices his presence; who does not see it, hears it. He sniffs the glass with a force so intense that the movement of air becomes visible. However, this snatched galactic will not give him great emotions because the floral that feels on the nose will not be due to the wine in front of it, but to the lady's colony two more chairs in the air. Council: there is no less severe solution, turn to him with a threatening but smiling look and invite him to stop with a phrase like " If you smell all this mess, I hope you do not get to sneeze ". Will understand.
The respectful of the rules . What is needed to rotate the glass to be able to appreciate the aromas, they also teach it to elementary schools after the poem San Martino del Carducci. Yet there is always him, who runs it vigorously certain to gain some point in the scale of the eno-nerd . Here then we see movements comparable to the centrifuge of the washing machine when programmed to wash for synthetic garments. This subject is generally the type that chooses the label only if accompanied by noble coat of arms typical of other times. Tip: in some cases it is better to forget good manners. If it comes close to you, make it drink from the bottle. We'll see what will spin.
The logorrheic . Speak, talk continuously. It is not clear if his real interest is wine because, on time, he starts with a question related to the terroir and ends with telling an anecdote about private life. The embarrassment for those present will be high but the story is too taken to realize it. Every blessed time that someone will express an opinion, he will have to put his story. Tip: no more time to turn around the problem, tell them to shut up.
The neophyte . Once they offered him a cup of Krug and from that moment nothing was the same. He began to appear at all tastings, sitting in the front row, with a smile a bit 'too enthusiastic and the embarrassment of those who still know too little. Try to become a friend of everyone because he knows how cool it is to say that you know people who taste. It is tenderness but we are afraid that if we smile at it, it will stick on it like the stains of sauce. Council: do not keep it away, you never know that these new generations can turn out to be better than the current ones. Talk to him but keep his distance with phrases like " I like to drink without anyone interrupting my tasting ". A good intend ...
What a producer knows. It is organized after dinner at the enoteca of the city center, all will include Maurizio. Maurizio was a person who liked to drink well and did not pay too much attention to the labels: what really mattered was to have a good cup in hand and the good company around. One day Maurizio knows a wine producer at his cousin's wedding, Silvana. The producer tells him the compelling story of his winery and Maurizio falls victim to the label. Since then there is no better bottle, there is no other wine: it is a bit like that time when the other friend, Diego, was about to become vegan. Tip: take Maurizio in his sleep and take him to an abandoned house. Leave it for 2 days without drinking and then give it some wine of your choice, provided it is not that of the producer friend. He will learn to understand the important things in life.
What he knows he does not know but he knows the same . Perhaps the worst category, the one that recognizes to have a poor wine culture and that, despite everything, adopts the system of take and bring : wait to find an expert to ask some questions about what they are drinking and then resell the same sentence in a other context, in the presence of less experienced people. Too bad that this information was correct for a Lagrein Trentino and not for a Primitivo di Manduria. Tip: if you approach, tell them to be teetotalers. And if you ask for explanations about the glass of red wine you hold in your hand, answer that it is a centrifuged beetroot. He knows too little to understand the differences.
And you, what wine character are you? But above all, what strange characters do you meet?