Have you ever been in a situation where someone is describing how delicious their wine is, while when you try it, you don't understand what they are talking about and just get "the taste of wine"? Well, there are actually many skills in wine tasting that can help you appreciate wine better.

你有冇諗過點解有啲人飲葡萄酒可以嚐到好多唔同嘅味道，但你飲落去就係「酒嘅味」？其實，品酒係一門好複雜嘅學問，有好多技巧可以幫助你更好地欣賞唔同嘅葡萄酒。

Firstly, by looking at the glass of wine, the color can give you some hints. Usually, when you see the edge of red wine which has some hint of "garnet" or "amber" in white wines, it means the wine has spent some time for maturation and you can expect some sort of "dried fruit" characters in the wine.

首先，睇酒嘅顏色其實已經有啲提示。如果見到紅酒嘅邊緣有啲「石榴石」或者「琥珀」色調喺白酒，咁就意味住依枝酒經過咗一段時間陳年，可以期待酒裏面會有啲「乾果」嘅特色味道。

Secondly, we have to smell the aroma of wine before we taste it. Most of the descriptors of the wine are from nosing. However, you may wonder wine is made from grape juice, why are there so many aromas in it? In fact, wines are made from grape juice, but the flavors and aromas come from the grapes themselves and the winemaking process. Those descriptions are the smell of the compounds found in the wines. Focusing on the nose helps you to get the aromas and understand the profile of the wine.

其次，我哋飲之前需要先聞一聞酒嘅香氣。葡萄酒嘅香氣大多數都係由氣味中描述出嚟嘅。但你可能會問，葡萄酒係由葡萄釀制而成，點解會有咁多香氣呢？實際上，葡萄酒嘅風味同香氣係來自於葡萄本身同埋釀造過程中嘅化學物質。嗅覺係幫助你識別酒嘅香氣同了解酒嘅特點。

Finally, it comes to tasting the wine on our palate. Normally, when we drink wines and other beverages, we take a sip and swallow it directly, which gives us only a little information about the wine. Next time, try to have a bigger sip and swirl the wine in your mouth for a few seconds before you swallow it. You will get a lot more from the wine by letting every part of your tongue and your gums contact the wine. You will get a lot more in mouthfeel and flavors of the wine.

最後，就到喺口中品嚐嘅時候啦。通常，我哋飲葡萄酒同其他飲品嘅時候，都係輕輕咁飲一啖然後直接吞嚥，咁我哋試到嘅味道同口感都好少。下次飲酒嘅時候不坊試下大大啖咁試，然後喺口中轉動幾秒鐘先再吞，咁樣就可以讓你嘅舌頭同埋牙齒每個部位都同酒接觸，從而更好地感受到酒嘅口感同味道。