Hello everyone, my name is Adia, and welcome to watch this video on wine learning. Many people drink wine regularly, but have you seriously studied how to open a bottle and how to pour it? In this issue of learning wine video, I will talk to you about the knowledge in it.

First, let's talk about opening the bottle. The first thing to do when opening a bottle is to choose a bottle opener. There are many types of corkscrews on the market, including butterfly corkscrews, bunny ear corkscrews, and T-shaped corkscrews. But the most classic and most common among them is the hippocampus knife. Named for its shape resembling a seahorse, it is small and practical, and is favored by professional sommeliers, known as the "friend of waiters". For old wines, there is also a dedicated corkscrew: the Ah-So corkscrew. Next, we will take the seahorse knife as an example to show the process of opening a bottle of wine.

First, we use a serrated knife to cut open the bottle seal and remove it, then align the spiral cone with the center of the cork and insert it, slowly rotate it until it is upright, and then slowly screw in the cork in a clockwise direction. Stop the rotation when there is half a ring left; then clamp the first-level card position closest to the cutter head to the bottle mouth, fix the card position with one hand, and hold the handle with the other hand and slowly lift it up until the cork cannot be moved up, then the knife The secondary card position of the head is stuck on the bottle mouth, continue to lift the cork. When the cork is about to come out completely, stop pulling the handle, then hold the cork with your hand and shake it gently to remove it. This successfully opened the bottle.

When pouring wine, we should pay attention that the bottle mouth should be about 2 cm away from the wall of the cup, and do not touch the mouth of the cup, because the mouth of the cup is generally fragile, and it is more hygienic. In order to prevent the wine from dripping down the bottle, we can use a pouring tablet to assist in pouring the wine, or rotate the bottle slightly when closing the bottle.

Generally speaking, when pouring wine, red wine is generally poured into one-third of the wine glass to leave more space for the wine to contact the air, shorten the time of decanting, and let it release its flavor. White wine can be poured halfway down the glass to ensure that there is enough room for the wine to release its flavor, while preventing the aroma from dissipating too quickly. Champagne is poured about three-quarters of the capacity of the wine glass, which ensures that the bubbles are active. Fortified wines are generally poured in less than a quarter of the glass capacity, so that they can bring out the concentrated aroma and flavor better and faster.