Observ
To observe a particular wine could be very revealing for its content. Grapes, age and intensity can be indicated by only looking at the wine. When studying the wine it is important to take the glass by its foot and lean it with a 45 degree angle.

Younger red wines have usually a blue-red edge, while ripe red wines usually have more of the red colour of a brick on the edge. It goes more towards brown-orange colour. If the wine looks thick and “sluggish” than it is probably a rounded wine with a concentrated taste.


Smell
To make it easier to distinguish and smell the wine it is important to spin the glass a little bit. The aroma opens up and it is easier to smell the wines content. It is more convenient to put the glass on the table and have a firm grip on the glasses foot and then spin it.

The scent of the wine can provide many different suggestions about the wine. Is the smell powerful or weak? Does the wine scent feels fresh and fruity or confined and a small significant of soil? Is the smell one dimensionally or complex with variety of tastes? A well educated and experienced wine taster can distinguish which kind of grape the wine is made upon, which geographical area it comes from and some times even which producer that has made the wine.


Taste
Take a reasonable drink of the wine and let it roll around in your mouth. If you take the wine and focus it on the roof of your mouth you can feel how rough it is. Later open your mouth and take in some oxygen and feel the aroma of the wine that moves up to your nose.


Spit