The Encyclopedia of Wine for Beginners

Chapter 4 Everything About Wine Etiquette
Text/Zhiwei Wine Magazine

In business banquets or celebration banquets, it is becoming more and more popular to use wine to accompany meals.It not only avoids the serious harm to health caused by excessive drinking of high-grade liquor when talking about wine, but also has the health care effect of preventing cardiovascular diseases, and more importantly, it can also demonstrate the extraordinary taste and knowledge of the owner.

In such a social banquet occasion, mastering some practical wine etiquette can not only make you appear personable and decent, but also ensure that you will leave a good impression on the guests at the banquet. Particularly important.

how to hold a cup
Colorless and transparent goblets are usually used for drinking wine, because the performance of wine is very sensitive to temperature, especially white wine that is usually served in an ice bucket. In order to prevent the temperature of the palm from affecting the flavor of the wine, when holding the glass, it should be Hold your stemware by its stem or stand.However, because it is not easy for non-wine professionals to hold the glass handle firmly, it is very common to hold the glass body even in high-end social occasions. If you cannot hold the glass handle firmly, try to avoid palms Just hold the cup.

Small Chinese baijiu glasses, beer glasses, and paper cups must not be used for drinking wine, and the drinking vessel and etiquette should be treated with the same attention as the wine itself.

How Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and husband Former US President Bill Clinton pour wine at White House dinner
Chinese people pay attention to the sincerity of drinking baijiu, but not wine.When pouring wine, the mouth of the wine bottle should be about 5cm high from the wine glass to avoid contact with the edge of the glass. Just pour the wine to about 1/3 of the grape glass where the glass diameter is the widest, so that you can shake it gently after pouring the wine The wine liquid, so that the aroma of the wine can be released, and it will not be spilled when the glass is shaken because it is poured too full.

Wait until the guest's wine glass is almost empty before pouring wine, so that the guest can enjoy the process of opening a bottle of wine because it is slowly oxidized in the air and blooming its fragrance like a flower, without being oxidized in the glass. The relatively full residual wine is mixed together to affect the appreciation.

how to toast
When toasting, you should raise the cup slightly below the line of sight, and look at each other to show respect.

How to clink glasses
Wine is a beautiful thing that can be enjoyed by all five senses. The eyes can appreciate its charming color, the nose can smell its fragrance, the mouth can enjoy its mellow taste, and the melodious sound of the goblet can be heard when clinking glasses.

If the other party is an elder or a distinguished guest, you can slightly lower the rim of the cup according to Chinese etiquette, which not only shows respect, but also avoids the hygiene problem of the cup rims touching each other.

In 1972, Nixon visited China and Zhou Enlai toasted and clinked glasses at the state banquet
how to cheer
When drinking a toast of wine, one should not drink it up in one gulp like Chinese liquor, but should pay attention to elegance and relaxation, but at least one sip of wine should be taken to show respect.

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