How to drink red wine?

When it comes to drinking wine, many people think it's easy to open a bottle and pour it into a glass. But in fact, it's not.

1. First, you have to consider the temperature of the wine. For example, in summer, mulled wine is not good. It must be frozen before you drink it. Remember, red wines are usually best served: 15 to 18 degrees; white wines are best served: 5 to 8 degrees.

2. Second, you have to see if the bottle in your hand really needs to be decanted. Don't pour all the wine into the wine cabinet at once, so the wine's flavor won't be as strong. Over 90% of wine can be drunk without waking up. The price of this wine is generally around $20. Includes many table wines from the New World and some new wines from the Old World. This wine is easy to drink. The fresher the better. So the closer we are, the better.

3. Generally speaking, the focus of food pairing is: white wine with white meat, red wine with red meat. It means light white wine paired with light food such as seafood, salads, etc.; full-bodied red wine paired with slightly heavier meat, pasta with meat sauce, Chinese Sichuan and Hunan dishes, hot pot, etc. Remember, red wine should not be paired with seafood. The former is bitter and the latter is fishy.

4. The three steps of wine tasting: look, smell and taste. Look at the color of the wine, it is clear and transparent, bright and full; it is better to have a strong fruity aroma, a pungent aroma, and no pungent smell; taste the wine in your mouth.

5. Balanced body, moderate acidity and full tannins. In short, the four basic grades of good wine are clean, balanced, full and aftertaste. Drink a sip. Especially for wines you are not familiar with, this is the first time. Sure, you can drink some of the brands and wines you're familiar with, but you also have to take one sip at a time. Sultry is a very uncomfortable way to drink. Wine tasting is not wine pairing, especially wine.

6. Don't mix things up. You can taste different brands of wine in a row, but you can't taste liquor, beer, and wine, especially beer. If you drink red wine, it's easy to get drunk no matter what you order. A large amount of carbonic acid enters the stomach with red wine, stimulating faster absorption in the stomach. After all, red wine mixed with Sprite is sweeter and easier to import.