Food and Wine World

Wine isn’t simply a drink to get you drunk, it helps enhance your dining experience along with the food. There are a few things you’ll need to know so that you enjoy yourself to the fullest.

Wine Opener

Most people give little thought as to opening a bottle of wine. What they don’t realize is that if done incorrectly, you can damage the contents. Although a good wine opener will do most of the work for you, it still requires a bit of technique.

You can buy wine openers that are cheap and wine openers that are expensive. If you are really passionate about wine you can buy one which is “professional” quality. It’s doesn’t really matter as long as you use the correct technique.

You’ll need to open the foil that goes over the top and round the neck and wipe the mouth clean. Remember that many bottles of wine have being lying about for some years and so can be a little dirty.

• When inserting the point of the bottle opener, make sure that it’s absolutely in the middle of the cork. Give it a firm push before turning.
• Turn the opener so that it goes right through the cork or at least most of the cork.
• Prop the wine opener lever on the mouth of the bottle and lift it steadily yet firmly. Don’t pull at the cork as you may break it.
• If you find it difficult to muster the strength to open the cork, there are corkscrews which do all the hard work for you. However for the most ardent enthusiast an ordinary waiters friend or corkscrew is all that’s require and is part of the whole ritual.

If you are opening a red bottle of wine, it’s advisable to leave it open for a few hours in order to let it breath. The breathing process allows the aromas, or rather bouquet, to be released, which gives the wine the best possible taste.

Sometimes a bottle of red wine can taste foul at first, however once it’s been allowed to breath for some time, the true flavours are released. Some say you don’t need to do this with new wines but the truth is that all red wines could do with a bit of breathing.

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