Top 5 Wine Tasting Tips

We caught up with Gourmet Escape regular, Vanya Cullen from Margaret River’s iconic Cullen Wines to find out her top 5 tips for wine tasting. 

Tip 1

Choose a fruit or flower day on the biodynamic calendar for tasting your wine for the best flavours

Tip 2

Choose a beautiful wine glass to enjoy your wine.

Tip 3

Select a screw cap rather than a corked wine bottle so you don’t have to worry about cork taint.

Tip 4

Make sure that your wines are not too hot or cold. Recommended temperatures for tasting are 16°C for whites and 18°C for reds. 

Tip 5

The process for tasting wines: 

1. Pour into a glass
2. Check the colour of the wine
3. Aerate, sniff hard at the perfume of the wine and imbibe in the wine’s scent
4. Taste a little, making sure you swirl and aerate in your mouth before swallowing
5. Write tasting notes if you’re able to
6. Most important of all, enjoy the wine tasting and the whole experience.

See below for one of Cullen Wine’s wine tasting videos with Vanya Cullen. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Taking a look at the 2012 vintage in three wines from Cullen 2012 Kevin John 2012 Diana Madeline and 2012 Vanya on the flower day 19th April 2020#cullenwines#wilyabrup#margaretriver#biodynamic#carbonnegative#cabernetsauvignon #chardonnay#kevinjohn#dianamadeline#vanya#nature#goddess#beauty#2012 #2012vintage#autumn#flowerday#planets#earth#sunday #tasting#sundaytasting #delicious Phone0897555277email. Cellardoor@cullenwines.com.au and make your order today..open 7days selling takeaway wine and food ❤️

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Image credit: Frances Andrijich Photography.