Wine Tasting 101 Identifying Aromas in Wine by Mi's Wine And Cheese Shoppe br br www.miswineandcheeseshoppe.com br When I teach people how to taste wine, I approach br the step of wine aromas by asking them to pick br up the glass, very quickly bring it up to br their nose, putting their nose down into it, br taking a nice deep inhale, putting the glass br down, and thinking about what they smelled; br kind of like this. Usually people look confused, br and I have to draw it out of them. I say, br what do you smell, what do you smell? Sometimes br they say; well, I smell alcohol, br or I smell wood, or I smell fruit, or spice, br and I say; okay, thank you very much, but br what do you really want to say? Eventually br somebody will say; I'm sorry, but br it smells like wine; and I say thank you very br much, and I give that person a round of applause, br because they're right. What I asked them to br do by just picking up the glass and putting br their nose in it, and smelling, was just to br get the initial impression of the smell of br a wine, or the wine's primary or first aroma, br and a wine's primary or first aroma will be; br smells like wine. They don't pay us Sommeliers br to walk around saying smells like wine, so br we made up a word for that, and the word for br a wine's primary aroma; (smells like wine) br is vinosity. It has vinosity, or it is vinos; br smells like wine; that's the way it should br be. After that, you can use some more intensified br wine smelling techniques to bring out all br the other aromas and bouquets in a wine, but br the first smell will always be, smells like br wine. br Please visit our Blog for Articles that teach on Wines and Cheeses at www.miswineandcheeseshoppe.com For even more Wine Wisdom check out our mobile website for the mobile on the go crowd br Please Like This Video and Subscribe too.