Tasting Tips

• Avoid strong aromas like purfume
• Good lighting
• Have opportunities to clense your palate - bread, water, coffee grounds
• If you need, coffee grounds can help clense your olofactory senses 

Helpful Wine Vocabulary:

Pale, Yellow, Gold, Straw, Green, Amber Pink, Salmon, Purple, Pale, Medium, Dense, Hue, Ruby, Garnet, Brick Red, Black

Citrus, Tropical, Berries, Red, Black, Stone fruits, Plums, Cherries

Buttery, Creamy, Minerality, Graphite, Slate Herbaceous, Grassy, Eucalyptus, Asparagus, Snow peas, Spice, Cloves, Pepper, Liquorice, Anise Acid, Tannins, Soft, Rich, Full, Body, Length, Rich, Viscosity Wood, Oak, Vanilla, Char, Coffee, Charcuterie

Wine Characters and where they come from

Primary characters come from the fruit

Secondary = Wine making

Tertiary  = Age characteristics

Acids vs Tannins
Acid = mouth watering

Tannins = drying

Complexity = how many things can you list (above or below average)

Tips on Tasting from Smidge Wines Founder & Winemaker Matt Wenk