help w/Talking at a tasting..

[Thomas]

I recommend the whites go first. If you do not know how to sniff and swirl, practice.

Never hold the glass by its bowl, only by its stem. Stick your nose in there and take a whiff, and record the sensations in your brain. Put the glass down on a table, grip the stem with your thumb and two of your fingers, and swirl the glass while keeping it on the table. Then take another whiff; see how or if the smell has changed.

Now taste. Take a small sip, breath a little air in your mouth as you hold the wine in your mouth, swilr it around in there and record the sensations.

If you are tasting a lot of wines, spit it out into a dump bucket. If only a few, swallow the small sip.

You are old enough for this I hope...