For those new to swirling, start out with the wine glass on the table. Swirling in a counter-clockwise motion is a little slower for most of us. If you are really uncomfortable, start out practicing with water.
HOLDING THE WINE GLASS
Oh yes, there certainly is a right way and a wrong way to hold a wine glass, and it does make a difference. Never hold the glass by its bowl. A wine glass should always be held by its stem since the heat of your hand will quickly warm the wine.
If you are tasting several wines, begin with the lightest white wines first and progress to the heaviest red wines. This will help keep your taste buds more sensitive so you can better appreciate each wine in the series. A sip of water between wines can also help cleanse your palate.
Swirling the wine is all about capturing the aroma or "bouquet" of the wine and it helps to have a good sense of smell.
The reason wine lovers do the swirl before the sniff is to oxygenate the wine in the glass, thus bringing out its full smelling potential, otherwise known as the wine's "bouquet." The sniff is an important step in igniting the senses as to what they are about to experience as well as evoking familiar aromas that can be identified and tasted in the wine. Proper wine tasting therefore begins with a gentle swirl.
SIP and SWISH AGAIN - only differently. Our tongue has over 10,000 taste buds; by simply swallowing the wine without first swishing it around gently in your mouth first deprives you of the complete ability to taste the wine since the taste buds located on the back and sides of the tongue will most likely be left out of the whole wine tasting experience. So after you swirl and sniff you do a very delicate, almost undetectable swish of the wine in your mouth, covering the entire tongue. Then you savor it!
Here is a video that might be helpful to you to show you how to swirl.
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How To Swirl Wine
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