Insider Guide to Tasting Wine

Drinking wine and tasting wine are two very different things. Wine tasting is a tool to help you figure out what you want to drink more (or less) of in the future. So it can be useful to learn a few basic rules around how to taste wine.

Clothes shopping is a good analogy. Very few of us are content to pick something out from a rack, drape it in front of us in the nearest mirror and trust that it’s going to look great on. A tasting session is the wine equivalent of a trip to the changing rooms. When you taste wines, you’re trying them on for size, checking the style and feel are just right for you. Our handy guide to tasting wine is all about finding your perfect fit.