Cullari Vineyards & Winery

Follow these simple rules for wine tasting. Hold the glass by the stem, not the bowl so you don’t heat up the wine. Start with dry wines and/or white wines first and move on to the reds and sweeter wines. Stick your nose inside the wine glass and take several small sniffs (not one big one). Then take a 10 second break, swirl the wine in the glass and repeat the last step. Check out the wine color in the light, and make sure the wine is clear and not cloudy. Then take a small sip and swirl it around in your mouth, and swallow (don’t gulp). If you are tasting a large number of wines, pour the rest out rather than swallowing it. Make sure you write down the name of the wine and any comments or evaluations after each sample, otherwise you will forget them!