Most of us are totally unaware of what goes through our heads while we are tasting a wine. We just slurp it down with perhaps a comment or two like, "that was a good wine" or "too sharp for me". But how do we know what we are actually tasting or experiencing when the wine has been sampled? I want to introduce you to the five principal elements to look for in a wine tasting.

The secret to analyzing the complexities in a wine is to fully understand the following five principals. Learn how to concentrate on each one in turn while tasting, and in no time at all you will have the analytical tools with which to complete a full evaluation of the quality of any wine.

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