Types of red wine
1. Still Wine, also known as non-sparkling wine, the Table Wine that ordinary people call falls into this category, which is produced by decomposition After the carbon dioxide evaporates, the alcohol concentration of wine ranges from 9 to 17 degrees.
It can be mainly divided into:
a. Red Wine: It is made by fermenting red grapes together with their skins. It usually takes at least 5 or 6 years to mature
p>b. White Wine: It is made from white grapes (yellow and green) or red grapes by removing the stems, peeling and pressing. It can be sweet or not. The maturity time is between 2 to 5 years. Year.
c. Rose Wine: Ferment red grapes with their skins. During fermentation, remove the skins or mix red and white grapes for fermentation, or soak the prepared white wine with red grapes. .
2. Champagne Sparkling Wine
a. Champagne: only sparkling wine produced in the French Champagne region (Champagne, a small area in northeastern France) Wine can be called "champagne".
b. Sparkling Wine: Brewed by traditional methods in production areas other than Champagne. Due to the secondary fermentation, there will be some residual carbon dioxide, so the bottle will foam violently after opening. .
3. Fortified Wine, also known as fortified alcohol. After yeast is added to the pressed grape juice, brandy is added when it is fermented to stop its fermentation. Therefore, it contains higher alcohol and sweetness than ordinary wine, such as Sherry, with an alcohol concentration of 14 to 2 4 degrees.
4. Aromatized Wine, also known as mixed wine. It is mainly made by combining wine with herbs, spices, pigments, etc., such as absinthe.
●Precautions when drinking alcohol, water, and beverages
When drinking from the cup, you should first swallow the chewed food in your mouth, and then place the knife and fork in a figure-eight shape on the plate. Or cross it and wipe your lips clean with a napkin. Then drink, water, etc.
When drinking or drinking water, Chinese people are accustomed to raising their glasses and drinking them all in one gulp. In the West this is exactly what should be avoided. The most civilized way in the West is to keep your head straight and sip. When you drink it to the end, there is always a little wine left in the glass.
When drinking beverages, soups, wine, water, etc., do not use your lips to make a sound, but drink gently one by one.
When toasting, it is always initiated by the host or the person with the highest status and status.
When holding a cup, you should hold the cup full in one hand and do not lift your little finger or other fingers when holding the cup
To those who need your respect
1. Use both hands when toasting.
2. When clinking glasses, the glasses must be lower than others.
3. Don’t put down the glass before you drink or finish the toast.
4. Also, the amount the other party drinks must not be less than others (wait for the other person to drink first)
5. Never force someone to drink, as it is disrespectful.
6. If it is a toast, there must be no leftovers.
Finally, even if everyone at your table doesn’t abide by these, you still have to stick to them. Only in this way will you appear to be well-educated!
Hope this is helpful to you,
From: Foreign Wine Online