To truly assess or analyze a wine, professionals must factor out all other external noise — dog barking, food wafts, a woman’s scurrilous perfume — and focus all their senses on the liquid in their glass.
Wine tasting brings all senses to the forefront, except maybe the ears. But I’ve begun salivating at the pop of a Champagne cork so I’m thinking they might count, too. To truly assess or analyze a wine, professionals must factor out all other external noise — dog barking, food wafts, a woman’s scurrilous perfume — and focus all their senses on the liquid in their glass. But analyzing wine isn’t as self-important or daunting as pedantic wine snobs want you to think. You simply need to engage your senses.