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Expert' shares knowledge
in appreciation of fine wine
By Lyle George
I am an expert on wine. I have just
completed a three-session wine course and
I must confess that enologicaUy I am a full
head and shoulders above most people
when it comes to the selection and appre
ciation of wine.
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Perhaps 1 sound a little arrogant. 1
happen to think that anybody who leams
to say Boone's Farm Apple with a French
accent deserves to be as arrogant as he can.
A person can start learning about wine
simply by walking into a liquor store, buy
ing a couple of bottles and then drinking
them. This jump-off-the-pier-to4earn4o-swim
approach will teach you about wine,
but it has the potential of being unpleas
ant and may slow down the learning pro
cess After you have purchased a bottle of
wine, the next thing you should do is see
that it is stored properly until you are
ready to consume it. The best way is to
store it on its side in a vibration-free envir
onment with a temperature between 53
and 56 degrees. Temperatures below 40
and above 75 will damage the wine. If you
store wine upright or in a sunny window
that has an air conditioner in it you will
very likely find the taste to be disappoint
ing. The wine remembers how it was
handled.
To fully taste wines, serve them at 50 to
55 degrees. An exception to this would be
the sparkling wines, which should be served
at 40 degrees. Some wines say on the label
to serve well-chilled or even over ice. The
lower temperatures tend to mask disagree
able flavors that occur in some lower
quality wines.
Novices reveal themselves every time
they serve champagne or sparkling wine in
a wide topped New York style champagne
glass. This style of glass allows the cham
pagne to go flat almost immediately. It
should be served in a tall thin champagne
flute, which allows the wine to hold
bubbles for much longer.
There are only two good reasons to
reject a wine. If the wine is corked, that is
an indication that something went wrong
with the cork seal. The wine will smell like
cork. If the wine has turned to vinegar that
is another good reason to return a wine. If
you just don't like the wine you should
keep it and remember not to order that
type again.
To appreciate a wine, one should roll it
around in the glass. and smell the bouquet.
This gives you clues about what the wine is
like. Take a sip and let it contact your en
tire palate so you can fully appreciate the
taste components and profile. Feel the
wine in your mouth and then swallow and
notice the aftertaste.
You are now starting down the road to
wine appreciation. There are several lists
which tell which wine goes with different
foods. These are good guides, but you
shouldn't let them dictate your personal
taste. It is the bottom line in determining ..
what kind of wine is right for you.
Reagan . . .
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lie said he did not want to discuss pos
sible options open to the United States, be
cause, "Maybe there's something we're
thinking of that the Iranians have not
thought of."
If economic sanctions against Iran have
" a negative impact on American allies, "so
be it,' Reagan said, because VS. allies
have not been supportive of our responses
to Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanis
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Reagan defeated Gerald Ford in the
1976 GOP presidential primary.
He left Nebraska today for Pennsylva
nia, where the nation's next major primary
is scheduled for April 22.
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