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00:00 Intro
00:31 The Legs
00:53 Room Temperature
01:35 The little taste at the restaurant
01:53 A teaspoon for bubbles
02:40 Wine goes bad immediately
In this video, we dive into the world of wine to debunk 5 common wine myths. Whether you’re a wine enthusiast or a casual drinker, you’ll find this video enlightening and entertaining.
THE LEGS
“This must be a very good and expensive wine, look at the legs!”
There’s no correlation whatsoever with the quantity and the speed of the legs running down the glass and the quality of the wine. The legs simply tell us about the viscosity of the wine, which is due to either higher alcohol content or sugar.
ROOM TEMPERATURE
Red wine can be stored and served at room temperature.
I don’t know where this idea of room temperature came from, but it’s simply misleading. Different rooms around the world have different temperatures, we drink wine in different seasons, there are just too many variables and typically we like to drink wine at a temperature that is cooler than the environment. So here’s precise numbers for your red wine service: serve your red wine, depending on your taste and the style, between 15-18 C, 62-66 F.
Also, pro tip: it’s okay to put red wine in the fridge to get it to the desired temperature!
TASTE TO SEE IF YOU LIKE IT
It’s common practice for a Sommelier to give us a little taste of the bottle we ordered before serving it to the table. That taste is not to decide if we like it or not but to see whether the wine is okay to be served. It may be corked, it may taste weird, but the question is not about personal taste.
THE WINE WILL GO BAD TOMORROW
I’ve seen so many bottles poured down the sink! It’s okay to drink a glass of wine today and finish the rest tomorrow and even the day after. It’s actually fun to see how it will evolve over a period of 4-5 days.
A TEASPOON AS A CORK FOR SPARKLING WINE
It’s common knowledge in Italy (and in the US as well, I’d love to know if this is a famous practice in other countries so please leave a comment), that dangling a teaspoon instead of a cork or a stopper on sparkling will preserve it’s effervescence.
The teaspoon will make no difference at all, so if you want to keep your bubbles once the bottle is open there’s two things you can do: keep it cold and recork it with a stopper (this works perfectly fine)
Drop us a comment If you need us to debunk other myths, we’d love to make more videos to help you along your wine journey.
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hello everyone and welcome back to the channel this is Kara s from Alba Italy and founder of one on the Hill Wine Cloud today we’re going to the bunk five wine minuts [Music] this must be amazing wine look at the legs there is no correlation whatsoever between the quantity and the speed of the legs and the quality of the wine the legs simply tell us about the viscosity which is due to either the alcohol content or the sugar content in the wine breed wines can be stored and served at room temperature I I don’t know where this idea of room temperature comes from but it’s simply misleading we drink wine in different rooms different places of the world and in different seasons so there are just too many variables typically we drink wine with a temperature that it’s cooler than the environment so here’s precise numbers for your wine service drink the red wine depending on your taste and style of the wine between 15 and 18 celsus 62 66 f night also Pro tip it’s okay to put the wine in the fridge to get it to the desired temperature it’s common practice for Su to give us a little taste of the wine we order before serving it to the table The Taste is not to decide whether we like it or not but to see if the wine is okay to be served it may be corked it may taste weird but the question is not about personal taste it’s common knowledge in Italy and in the US please let us know if any other countries have the same practice that dangling a teaspoon instead of a quk of a sparkling wine will naturally preserve its effervescence theprice surprise the teaspoon will make no difference whatsoever if you want to preserve your bubbles there’s two things you can do one keep the bottle cold at all time two simply recork it with a regular cork the champagne cork or sparkling wine cork will not work because they expand so recork it with a regular cork or use a special supper the wine will go back tomorrow it’s okay to drink a glass of wine today tomorrow and even the day after I’ve seen so many bottles of wine pour down the sink it’s actually fun to see how it evolves in a period of 4 to 5 days these were only five MS but there are many many others please drop a comment make sure you subscribe to the channel see you in the next one [Music]