The drinking of wine is a confirmation of life, good food and special company. Studying about wine should additionally be a pleasure! Let's talk about ordering wine in a trattoria. This needn't be difficult or threatening, regardless of if you're a noob.
Whether seated at a grand, full service cafe or your fave bistro, a wine list should be available. It may be on the table or offered before or with the menu. If not, ask the waiter for the wine list. With no regard for format, certain data should be available on any good wine list. First, the entire name of the wine, this contains the name of the wine, the winemaker and the vintage. If a wine is listed without the name of the producer or the vintage, ask the waiter.
Most American trattorias don't have sommeliers or wine stewards. In cafes nervous about their wine selection, service and sales, waiters are often taught to be in a position to suggest wines. If a sommelier is available, it is generally worth taking advantage of his/her services. Often when the services of a sommelier are available, the only real way to find out is to ask. The advantages of including a guru in your wine selection are:
- He/she will be able to orchestrate and enliven the whole meal.
- He/she have tasted the wines on the list more recently than you.
- He/she knows the way the menu items you ordered are actually being prepared.
Of course, some sommeliers are far more informed than others. Do take advantage of feedback, yet, the decision is really yours!
Keep several points in mind when selecting a wine:
Permit yourself a few minutes to study the wine list before talking about your decisions. If you want recommendations, give your waiter/sommelier something to work with. Have you got an area in mind? Thinking all day of a Napa Valley Chardonnay? Keen on tasting a Syrah from Australia?
Consider the type of wine you want. Do you and your guests need a light body, a smooth finish, soft tannins or a heavier, aggressive wine? There is nothing wrong with asserting you want something under $30.00 or pointing to a price on the list and exclaiming "along these lines." If wines are advised that aren't on the list, the waiter/sommelier should tell you the price and vintage; if they do not, ask.
When ordering more than 1 wine, discuss when they will be served. The best rough rule is to have them all brought-and even opened-as soon as you order. This way, you can see that the wines are what you ordered and you do not have to wait , should the waiter get too tied up for your next pour!
The waiter now opens the wine by removing the cork. Prior to this, the capsule is removed and the cork wiped as dust or mould might have adhered to the cork while the wine was waiting in the winery, for the capsule to be placed. Once the cork is removed, the method moves toward tasting. The waiter should present the cork to the person who ordered the wine. The majority think they are meant to sniff the cork. This isn't so! Of course , a cork smells like cork! The point is to check the condition of the cork. Is it wet? This is a good indication. A dry cork may suggest a storage problem, the bottle was upright and not stored on its side. If a cork is dried-out, air could have gotten in the bottle and oxidized the wine, thus reducing the standard of the wine.
Smelling and tasting are the next steps. The taster is searching for flaws that render the wine unsuitable. Taste once, then a second time, focusing on the taste. There are a few reasons to reject a bottle of wine. It may be "corky" and smell like mould: the result of a bad cork, not poor winemaking. A "maderized" wine has the unmistakable aroma of sweet Sherry or Madeira, therefore the term. This is mostly the result of poor storage or exposure to temperature. A taster might also spot sulphur in the nose or the flavor of a wine. Regularly this diminishes with a little bit of swirling; if it does not, it may make the wine unpleasant and worthy of rejection. Some diners have policies on refused wine, others handle every circumstance individually. It is really poor judgment for a restaurateur to put a shopper on the spot and challenge his/her taste. If the wine is pricey, say about $50.00, the restaurateur may come to your table for a taste of the wine. It doesn't take a professional wine drinker to detect these flaws with bottled wine. If the cork is dry or the taste is compromised, tell your waiter.
Whether seated at a grand, full service cafe or your fave bistro, a wine list should be available. It may be on the table or offered before or with the menu. If not, ask the waiter for the wine list. With no regard for format, certain data should be available on any good wine list. First, the entire name of the wine, this contains the name of the wine, the winemaker and the vintage. If a wine is listed without the name of the producer or the vintage, ask the waiter.
Most American trattorias don't have sommeliers or wine stewards. In cafes nervous about their wine selection, service and sales, waiters are often taught to be in a position to suggest wines. If a sommelier is available, it is generally worth taking advantage of his/her services. Often when the services of a sommelier are available, the only real way to find out is to ask. The advantages of including a guru in your wine selection are:
- He/she will be able to orchestrate and enliven the whole meal.
- He/she have tasted the wines on the list more recently than you.
- He/she knows the way the menu items you ordered are actually being prepared.
Of course, some sommeliers are far more informed than others. Do take advantage of feedback, yet, the decision is really yours!
Keep several points in mind when selecting a wine:
Permit yourself a few minutes to study the wine list before talking about your decisions. If you want recommendations, give your waiter/sommelier something to work with. Have you got an area in mind? Thinking all day of a Napa Valley Chardonnay? Keen on tasting a Syrah from Australia?
Consider the type of wine you want. Do you and your guests need a light body, a smooth finish, soft tannins or a heavier, aggressive wine? There is nothing wrong with asserting you want something under $30.00 or pointing to a price on the list and exclaiming "along these lines." If wines are advised that aren't on the list, the waiter/sommelier should tell you the price and vintage; if they do not, ask.
When ordering more than 1 wine, discuss when they will be served. The best rough rule is to have them all brought-and even opened-as soon as you order. This way, you can see that the wines are what you ordered and you do not have to wait , should the waiter get too tied up for your next pour!
The waiter now opens the wine by removing the cork. Prior to this, the capsule is removed and the cork wiped as dust or mould might have adhered to the cork while the wine was waiting in the winery, for the capsule to be placed. Once the cork is removed, the method moves toward tasting. The waiter should present the cork to the person who ordered the wine. The majority think they are meant to sniff the cork. This isn't so! Of course , a cork smells like cork! The point is to check the condition of the cork. Is it wet? This is a good indication. A dry cork may suggest a storage problem, the bottle was upright and not stored on its side. If a cork is dried-out, air could have gotten in the bottle and oxidized the wine, thus reducing the standard of the wine.
Smelling and tasting are the next steps. The taster is searching for flaws that render the wine unsuitable. Taste once, then a second time, focusing on the taste. There are a few reasons to reject a bottle of wine. It may be "corky" and smell like mould: the result of a bad cork, not poor winemaking. A "maderized" wine has the unmistakable aroma of sweet Sherry or Madeira, therefore the term. This is mostly the result of poor storage or exposure to temperature. A taster might also spot sulphur in the nose or the flavor of a wine. Regularly this diminishes with a little bit of swirling; if it does not, it may make the wine unpleasant and worthy of rejection. Some diners have policies on refused wine, others handle every circumstance individually. It is really poor judgment for a restaurateur to put a shopper on the spot and challenge his/her taste. If the wine is pricey, say about $50.00, the restaurateur may come to your table for a taste of the wine. It doesn't take a professional wine drinker to detect these flaws with bottled wine. If the cork is dry or the taste is compromised, tell your waiter.
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